“The captain determined to return to Melbourne to get help from the Australian Federal Police (AFP) after a passenger grew to become disruptive slightly below two hours into the flight,” a Jetstar spokesperson stated.
“We all know this was a troublesome expertise for different prospects and our crew members, and we thank those that assisted with the state of affairs.
An expletive-laden tirade could be heard in footage from the flight, whereas Emma, one of many different passengers on the flight, stated the lady in query grew to become abusive in direction of different travellers.
“We knew a commotion was taking place down the again after which this specific individual form of stormed up the entrance, carried on just a little bit, we might hear her arguing and the cabin crew began to panic just a little bit as nicely, began to usher her all the way down to the back,” she instructed 3AW.
“However then it went on for just a little bit, the pilot stated there was a risk to safety and he needed to take it very significantly.
“However nonetheless for the subsequent hour or so this specific girl was in a position to proceed to stroll the airplane, storm the airplane nearly.
“There have been folks transferring up the entrance with their luggage making an attempt to get away from the actual incident and it continued to go on.
“An older man really made a remark to her as she was passing by means of and she or he was proper up in his face and abused absolutely the hell out of him and smashed his glasses off his face. His poor spouse was terrified.”
The flight has now been rescheduled for tomorrow morning. 
Because of the circumstances, a number of crew members had been unable to proceed flying and the flight has been rescheduled for 10am tomorrow,” the spokesperson stated.
“We are going to present lodging in a single day to any prospects who want it and canopy different affordable bills together with meals.
“The protection of our prospects and crew is our precedence.”
The AFP stated it’s investigating the incident, and stated there is no such thing as a ongoing risk to the general public.
