easyJet U28394: Police Arrest a Woman at Gatwick After Two Passengers Fight on the Flight From Toulouse

easyJet flight U28394 from Toulouse to London Gatwick was met by police on the evening of Wednesday, October 7, 2026, after a fight between two passengers on board. Sussex Police said a 39-year-old woman was arrested on suspicion of assault.

The two women knew each other, and both reported minor facial injuries, the force said in a statement carried by the Sussex Express. Police said the suspect was still in custody on the afternoon of Thursday, October 8.

What happened on the flight

easyJet’s statement gave the flight as EZY8394, the form built on the airline’s ICAO code. U2 is its IATA code, so the same service appears on tickets as U2 8394.

On October 7 it was flown by an Airbus A319 registered G-EZGO. The jet left Toulouse-Blagnac at 9:49 p.m. local time and landed at London Gatwick at 10:13 p.m. UK time, according to FlightAware data.

AIRLIVE, which first reported the incident, said the crew radioed for police while on final approach. Cabin crew had reported a physical fight between two people seated together in row 24, according to the site.

AIRLIVE also reported that the pilots asked ground staff not to attach stairs to the rear door after parking. The aim, according to the site, was to keep the passengers involved on board until officers could reach them.

easyJet confirmed that police met the flight on arrival “due to passengers behaving disruptively onboard.” Sussex Police said the arrest was made at the scene.

One detail in AIRLIVE’s account has not been confirmed. The site said crew members suspected that one of the women might be traveling against her will, but the police statement does not mention that concern and describes an altercation between two women known to each other.

“We take these incidents seriously and do not tolerate disruptive behaviour onboard,” the airline said. It added that its cabin crew are trained to act quickly so the safety of the flight and other passengers is not compromised.

What a crew can do when passengers fight

In the UK, a captain’s powers over a passenger are set out in section 94 of the Civil Aviation Act 1982. If the commander has reasonable grounds to believe someone is jeopardizing the safety of the aircraft, or good order and discipline on board, they may take reasonable measures, including restraint.

Crew members must help restrain the person if the captain requires it, and other passengers may help at the captain’s request. The same section lets the commander hand a person suspected of a serious offense to a police officer once the aircraft lands in the UK.

Radioing ahead helps that handover work. Officers can be at the stand when the aircraft parks, and keeping a door shut, as AIRLIVE says happened here, stops anyone involved from walking off into the terminal first.

Several aviation-specific offenses sit in the Air Navigation Order 2016. Article 245 makes it an offense to use threatening, abusive or insulting words toward a crew member, to behave in a threatening, abusive, insulting or disorderly way toward one, or to intentionally interfere with their duties.

The arrest on U28394 was on suspicion of assault, an ordinary criminal offense between passengers, rather than one of those aviation charges. No charge had been announced at the time of writing.

Cases can go further. Last month, Police Scotland said a man on Jet2 flight LS721 was charged with offenses including assault and endangering an aircraft after the flight turned back to Edinburgh.