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Boy given free Jet2 vouchers after stepping in to calm down disruptive passenger
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Boy given free Jet2 vouchers after stepping in to calm down disruptive passenger

ARY News · May 3, 2026, 2:37 PM

Key takeaways

  • Add ARY News on Google A Salford dad who helped stop a Manchester-bound Jet2 flight from being diverted as he calmed a disruptive passenger insists his eight-year-old boy is the ‘real hero’.
  • James Rose, 42, and his son Phoenix were the mystery father and son who stepped in to placate a rowdy traveller on a plane from Izmir, Turkey, last Friday.
  • Now, the airline has rewarded both Phoenix and James with flight vouchers to thank them for ‘showing the utmost compassion and kindness and care’.

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Add ARY News on Google A Salford dad who helped stop a Manchester-bound Jet2 flight from being diverted as he calmed a disruptive passenger insists his eight-year-old boy is the ‘real hero’.

James Rose, 42, and his son Phoenix were the mystery father and son who stepped in to placate a rowdy traveller on a plane from Izmir, Turkey, last Friday.

Now, the airline has rewarded both Phoenix and James with flight vouchers to thank them for ‘showing the utmost compassion and kindness and care’.

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