The woman who disrupted a Jet2 flight to Turkey mid-flight by trying to open the plane door screaming, "I'm going to kill you all," was sentenced to two years in prison on Feb. 12.
On top of her sentence, 26-year-old Chloe Haines received a $111,000 bill from flight operator, Jet2, to cover the expenses of the incident including an escort by two jet fighters back to London's Stansted Airport.
However, as Haines' attorney, Oliver Saxby attested, “She (Haines) wasn’t just drunk, she was unwell,” he said as it was clear she was having mental problems and was on medication as well. Saxby added: “She’s appalled, she’s ashamed, she’s deeply embarrassed by what she did. She’s disgusted with herself.”
"The woman was walking down the aisle when she literally ran to the exit door," Varol said.
"She had her hands on the handle, trying to open it. Luckily there was two cabin crew there who pulled her off the door."
Varol, a community care worker, told The Sun the woman was restrained after she attacked fellow passengers and cabin crew, and later threatened to kill everyone.
"That's when she started screaming 'get off me,' 'I'm going to kill everyone.'"
"The whole plane started screaming as the crew tried to get her off the door. Everyone all of a sudden jumped up and panicked," she explained.
Two Royal Air Force (RAF) jets escorted the plane back to Stansted Airport after it was forced to turn around following the disruption.