Brit passenger arrested for ‘assaulting partner’ on Jet2 holiday flight after cops rush down runway to landing plane

A BRITISH man has been arrested on suspicion of assaulting his partner on a Jet2 holiday flight from Leeds. The 61-year-old is understood to have been held in custody for two nights following Sunday evening’s detention before being hauled to court this morning. AlamyAir traffic controllers were called to a plane that landed at Malaga Airport[/caption] It was not immediately clear whether he had been released on bail by a judge or had struck a plea bargain deal with prosecutors. Confirmation of the arrest by Spanish police came after Spanish air traffic controllers said officers had been called to a Jet2 plane which landed at Malaga Airport from Leeds on Sunday evening to deal with a problem passenger. The Civil Guard said the arrested man held came from Manchester but it was not clear today if he boarded the plane at Leeds. Flagging up the problems they said had occurred on board Jet2 flight LS265, which touched down at Malaga Airport around 7pm on Sunday, Spanish air traffic controllers said in a tweet: “The crew of a plane arriving at Malaga from the UK has requested a police presence when they arrive because of problems with a conflictive passenger. “We expedited the approach as much as possible and coordinated the arrival of the police. “All our support to air crews who continue to deal with this situation on a regular basis.” A spokesman for the Civil Guard in Malaga, responding to inquiries about an arrest on Sunday at Malaga Airport, confirmed today: “We can confirm a 61-year-old man coming from Manchester was arrested on Sunday for allegedly assaulting his female partner who was travelling with him. “He was handed over to a specialist anti-domestic violence court in Malaga today. Court officials could not be reached early this afternoon/yesterday afternoon to explain what had happened in front of the judge. Jet2 has been approached for a comment.  Just over a week ago a passenger who arrived late for his flight at Malaga was filmed crashing to the ground in a clumsy fall during a desperate attempt to reach his plane.  The man was seen pleading with airport workers after getting to the end of the boarding gangway and discovering the plane was getting ready for take-off with a drop to the ground below. It emerged after he had lost his balance and fell onto the runway as he tried to ease himself off the end of the jet walk that he had been identified by police and was likely to face a large fine for breaching air security.