Drunk Jet2 passenger banned for life after he 'urinated in the cabin'

Eric Forrest, from Beith, started showing aggression towards the start and scaring children after becoming drunk on vodka.

He was alleged to have also urinated in the cabin, with the pilot forced to make an emergency landing in Faro, Portugal to be removed by local police.

Jet2 managing director Phil Ward said the airline will now "vigorously pursue" Forrest for the costs inherited by the airline as a result of the diversion.

He said: “Mr Forrest’s behaviour was absolutely disgraceful, and we would like to apologise to all of our customers on board and colleagues who have been impacted or affected.

"As a family-friendly airline, we take a zero-tolerance approach to such behaviour and we would like to thank the Portuguese authorities for their assistance in offloading Mr Forrest."

He added: "As we have done before, we will now vigorously pursue Mr Forrest for all the costs that we incurred as a result of this diversion, as well as banning him for life.

"We have a very busy summer coming ahead and the safety and well-being of everyone on board our flights is paramount.

"This event should act as a stark warning to anyone who thinks that it might be acceptable to behave in an unacceptable manner onboard one of our flights.

"Forrest was not arrested in Portugal. He spent two nights at the airport before flying home again with RyanAir.While admitting he was drunk and behaved badly, the Briton has denied urinating.

He said: "I didn’t urinate in the cabin. I poured out a bottle of vodka that I bought in duty-free. I agree that I was drinking that secretly.

"I was very much drunk. I was just drinking too much.

"They said I was endangering the aircraft, but I wasn’t.

"I was already drinking the vodka prior to that, but that’s why I poured it out because I couldn’t drink it."