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Women held after trying to open plane door

Aircraft diverted - Two arrested following incident
Aircraft diverted - Two arrested following incident

A plane has been forced to make an emergency landing after two women tried to open a cabin door mid-flight.

The women were drinking on board a flight from Kos to Manchester on Wednesday afternoon when they became rowdy.

The plane made an emergency landing at Frankfurt Airport and the women were held in their seats by security staff until their arrest.

German police said the women, aged 26 and 27, became violent because they were refused more alcohol when the plane was 30,000ft over Austria.

During the incident, the 26-year-old also attacked a flight attendant with a bottle of vodka.

The plane landed at 4.45pm and after a delay of two hours the remaining passengers were allowed to continue home. The women were questioned by police but released and allowed to return to the UK.

Mr Scherer said police were deciding whether to press charges and the women could also be fined or forced to pay compensation. A spokesperson for Manchester Airport said the incident happened on an XL Airways charter flight.