A HOLIDAY jet row over a boy watching The Karate Kid saw a passenger bust-up at 30,000ft and emergency diversion.
The easyJet pilot decided to land after two families came to blows.
An easyJet pilot decided to land after two families came to blows[/caption]
Both of them were thrown off the plane when it landed to be greeted by police.
But the five-year-old boy’s mum insists they were the victims and is threatening to sue the airline, which has banned those involved from future flights.
She said: “This incident involved racial abuse, discrimination, and physical assault.
“My son was left extremely scared and distressed.”
Trouble erupted as the family returned from a holiday in Lanzarote to Gatwick.
The boy was watching the 2010 remake of The Karate Kid on his iPad with the volume set low.
But a woman four rows in front became annoyed and asked him to turn it off.
The boy’s mum, 26, claims he was shouted at and racially abused.
When she challenged her, she alleges the woman’s partner grabbed her disabled other-half by the neck.
The pilot then made an emergency landing in Porto, leaving both families to make their own way home.
The mum, a lettings officer from South London, insists her family should have been supported and has spent nine months complaining to easyJet without a response.
Sources say both families were aggressive towards crew.
EasyJet said: “Safety is our highest priority.
“We do not tolerate disruptive behaviour.”
