Gran's eight words as she's hauled off Jet2 flight for 'refusing to pay £9 for sandwich'

Lily Ifield, 79, and her girl were accused of 'unacceptable' behaviour aft complaining astir the 'soggy' and 'cold' sarnie connected a Jet2 formation from London to Bodrum, Turkey

A mortified gran uttered 8 words arsenic she was escorted disconnected a flight and arrested by equipped police - for complaining astir a £9 sandwich.

Lily Ifield, 79, and her girl were accused of “unacceptable” behaviour and warned they could beryllium blacklisted by each UK airlines aft complaining astir the overpriced snack, the brace claim. However, Lily believes the bap served connected a Jet2 flight from London Stansted Airport to Bodrum, Turkey, was inedible, "soggy" and "cold".

Cabin unit allegedly retorted "this isn’t a edifice - it’s a plane" and called for officers equipped with guns and batons to escort the rider from the level successful Bodrum connected Sunday November 3. Lily, who is simply a retired caput recalled the infinitesimal she was escorted from the level - ruining a four-day interruption to observe a household member's birthday. "The constabulary were lasting astatine the entranceway to the plane, waiting with guns similar we were maestro criminals. We had nary thought what we had done."

She added: "I was turning circular to people, saying ‘I deliberation I’ve been arrested implicit a sandwich. The steward said, 'will you unopen up' helium said, 'I don’t privation you talking'. I said 'excuse me, I tin speech arsenic overmuch arsenic I like'. We were being treated similar convicts implicit a bap."

Speaking of the incident, Jet2 says passengers exhibited "disruptive and unpleasant behaviour" connected the level and compartment unit had to telephone police. However, aft allegedly frogmarching Lily and her girl done the airport, officers yet dropped the lawsuit - aft realising "how anserine the statement was".

Lily, who lives unsocial successful Ware, Hertfordshire, continued: "We were truthful upset we conscionable stayed successful our country for 4 days. We felt sick with worry. It ruined our holiday. All implicit a flipping tuna sandwich. No-one would person eaten that."

The parent and daughter, who are tense fliers, shared 4 mini bottles of vino connected the formation to calm their anxiousness - spending £50 earlier refusing to wage for the tuna sandwich, reports The Sun. Lily denies the airline's claims she and her girl smuggled intoxicant connected board. The Mirror has contacted Jet2 for much accusation astir these claims and remark connected Lily's complaint.

A spokeswoman for the hose told the newspaper: "We tin corroborate that these customers displayed continued disruptive and unpleasant behaviour connected committee formation LS1609 from London Stansted to Bodrum, including the illicit depletion of intoxicant that had been purchased successful work escaped and brought connected board.

"As a result, constabulary met the craft connected accomplishment astatine Bodrum to escort Mrs Ifield and her girl disconnected the aircraft. As a family-friendly airline, we instrumentality a zero-tolerance attack to specified behaviour, and we marque it precise wide that customers cannot devour their ain intoxicant connected flights.

“We volition ever enactment our unit successful instances erstwhile they are subjected to disruptive, rude oregon unpleasant behaviour portion prioritising the comfortableness of each customers and unit truthful that they tin bask their flight.”