Jet2 rewards eight-year-old boy with free flights after he 'calmed down irate woman'

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Jet2 rewards eight-year-old boy with free flights after he 'calmed down irate woman'.

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Jet2 has rewarded an eight-year-old-boy and his father free flights after he calmed down an "irate" passenger.James, father of Phoenix, eight, said a woman was "almost trying to smack the stewardesses" as the pair returned from Izmir, Turkey, to Manchester last Friday.He requested the passenger be seated between him and his son.He said Phoenix then "bounced into action" by distracting the woman.

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TRENDING Stories Videos Your Say The eight-year-old showed her his football cards, sang, and asked the woman about her family, which gradually calmed down the woman for the remainder of the three-and-half hour flight.Flight staff had planned to divert the plane before James intervened and suggested for the woman to sit between them.The pilot shook hands with the father-son duo as they disembarked the plane as a sign of thanks.Jet2 has now given the pair free flight vouchers.James said the way his young son "took over the situation" was remarkable.He also told BBC Radio Manchester the...

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