A CAPTAIN was forced to abort landing an easyJet plane in Turkey after three drunken passengers ‘ran amok’ in the aisles, the Daily Mail said.

The flight, from Gatwick, was delayed after the holidaymakers behaved like they were on the TV show ‘Jeremy Kyle at 37,000ft’, according to a passenger.

The ‘crazy’ flight, which takes four hours, 23 minutes, only landed in Dalaman when all 155 travellers were seated. Police were called to meet the plane at the airport, but no arrests were made.

BBC journalist Neil Henderson was on board the flight yesterday. He tweeted: ‘Recovering from crazy @easyJet flight to Turkey in which drunk passengers ran amok and caused the landing to be aborted.’ 

Mr Henderson later tweeted, comparing the experience to the ITV daytime TV show: ‘Think I need therapy, never mind a holiday. It was like Jeremy Kyle at 37,000 feet’.

A spokesman for easyJet told the Mirror: ‘EasyJet can confirm that flight EZY8843 from London Gatwick to Dalaman, Turkey, was met by police on landing following three passengers behaving disruptively during the flight.

‘While such incidents are rare, we take them very seriously. The captain took the decision to delay landing to ensure the passengers were seated correctly. The flight then landed safely and routinely.”