A flight from Sydney to Melbourne this morning has been abandoned and passengers on board removed after a man began acting erratically.
The Jetstar JQ501 service was preparing for takeoff at about 6.20am when the crew became concerned about his conduct and called the Australian Federal Police.
The plane returned to the gate and officers came on board to conduct a welfare check. He then became involved in an argument with another person on boardA woman on board told 3AW there was shouting and some people became scared.“I was quite concerned, you don’t expect this on a domestic flight in Australia,” Scherri Simpson, who was on the flight, told Channel 9’s Today show.
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