Alfie and Kenneth Springthorpe, from Sidcup, reportedly displayed a "catalogue of appalling behaviour" onboard the aircraft, which included causing damage, "unacceptable levels of aggression" and allegations of physical violence.
 
Crew were forced to divert the Stansted-Heraklion service to Corfu so police could offload them. This led to a delay of nearly four hours before the flight continued to Crete.

The delay meant crew ran out of operating hours and were therefore they were unable to operate the flight back from Crete to Stansted the same day.

This resulted in Jet2.com laying on overnight hotel accommodation, transport to and from Heraklion airport and food and drink for more than 200 customers and staff.

Phil Ward, managing director of Jet2.com, said: "The deplorable behaviour of these two passengers left our highly trained crew with no choice but to divert the aircraft to the nearest airport so that the police could offload them.

"This means that their actions directly impacted customers looking forward to enjoying their well-deserved holidays in Crete, as well as customers and crew who then had to stay in a hotel for an unwanted extra night.

"It is completely unacceptable that the pair caused such disruption for so many people and they must now face the consequences of their actions."

Ward also apologised to those impacted by the incident.