An easyJet pilot was forced to make a priority landing after a massive brawl involving about a dozen 'troublesome passengers' broke out during a flight, it has emerged.
The disruption occurred yesterday onboard flight EZY19WZ which was travelling from Liverpool to Tenerife, Spain.
Following a priority landing, officers boarded the aircraft and took the problem-causing into custody for questioning. The individuals will be deported back to the UK on the next available flight.
The brawl comes amid a hot button debate about tourism in the Canary Islands after Lanzarote's president claimed the island was being saturated by British tourists and that it instead wanted to accommodate more 'higher quality' travellers from mainland Europe.