Woman, 79, met by armed police after Jet2 tuna row
A 79-year-old woman, who was escorted off a plane by armed police in Turkey after she refused to pay for a "frozen tuna roll", denied the airline's claim that her behaviour was "disruptive". Lily, from Hertfordshire, flew from Stansted Airport, in Essex, to Bodrum on a Jet2 flight on 3 November and ordered a £9 tuna bap. She said it was frozen in the middle and refused to pay, but claimed the airline said she had to as she had opened the wrapper. On landing, she was greeted by police, but was let go. Jet2 said Lily "displayed a catalogue of disruptive behaviour on board... including the unauthorised consumption of her own alcohol that she had brought on board". Lily told The JVS Show on Three Counties Radio when the flight landed, all the passengers were told to stay in their seats, but she and her daughter were told to make their way to the exit. She said: "They called the police. Not one... but four police at the end, at the door. I was in shock, I was saying to people, 'I think I've been arrested over a sandwich'." She added: "The policemen were there with their guns."<br/>
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Woman, 79, met by armed police after Jet2 tuna row
A 79-year-old woman, who was escorted off a plane by armed police in Turkey after she refused to pay for a "frozen tuna roll", denied the airline's claim that her behaviour was "disruptive". Lily, from Hertfordshire, flew from Stansted Airport, in Essex, to Bodrum on a Jet2 flight on 3 November and ordered a £9 tuna bap. She said it was frozen in the middle and refused to pay, but claimed the airline said she had to as she had opened the wrapper. On landing, she was greeted by police, but was let go. Jet2 said Lily "displayed a catalogue of disruptive behaviour on board... including the unauthorised consumption of her own alcohol that she had brought on board". Lily told The JVS Show on Three Counties Radio when the flight landed, all the passengers were told to stay in their seats, but she and her daughter were told to make their way to the exit. She said: "They called the police. Not one... but four police at the end, at the door. I was in shock, I was saying to people, 'I think I've been arrested over a sandwich'." She added: "The policemen were there with their guns."<br/>