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A fleet of Jet2 passengers were left 'shocked and disgusted' after a couple attempted to join the "mile high club" - while the plane was still on the ground. A couple in their fifties have been permanently banned by Jet2 after engaging in sexual activity aboard a flight bound for Gran Canaria. A service departing East Midlands Airport last Thursday set the scene for the couple's clumsy rendez-vous. Aboard the flight, passengers spotting the pair becoming intimate in their seats before the aircraft had even left the ground. Fellow travellers told the Sun they felt "shocked" and "disgusted" by what they witnessed, with cabin crew rapidly alerted to the lewd activity. Staff were said to even consider turning the aircraft around but the plane ultimately continued its four-hour journey to the Canary Islands despite the complaints. Darren Street, a 51-year-old garage owner from Nottingham, had been filming the take-off when he inadvertently captured the couple's "incredibly blatant" behaviour on video. "It was incredibly blatant, there was a lot of vigorous movement going on in his jogging bottoms," Mr Street, who was travelling with his 47-year-old wife Lisa, told The Sun. "My wife and I were shocked and disgusted. We told a crew member, and they came over to speak to the couple," he added. The couple alerted cabin staff to the situation because children were present on the flight. When confronted by crew members, the pair offered up a baffling explanation for their indiscrete behaviour. "The couple claimed they were praying because it was their first time on a plane," Mr Street said. LATEST FLIGHT FIASCOS: EasyJet passenger stranded 1,000 miles away from home for four days after EU border changes Ryanair passengers left stranded in France after flight left without them British flight attendant arrested in US after 'shoving' queue jumping teenage girl at Disney World Mr Street described how the couple spent much of the flight staring at him and his wife, making the flight "really awkard". "They would not stop staring at us," he added. Upon landing in Gran Canaria, Jet2 took immediate action against the couple. They were removed from their Jet2-affiliated hotel and had their return flight tickets cancelled, forcing them to arrange their own journey back to Britain. Both individuals received lifetime bans from the airline. When first notified, they were originally going to turn the plane around to kick out the offending passengers. "Then we learned they would be banned from the hotel and their plane back instead. They said it was so serious they would have to deal with it straight away," Mr Street said. A Jet2 spokesman confirmed: "These customers have been banned for life. As a family-friendly airline and holiday company, we take a zero-tolerance approach to appalling behaviour such as this." Our Standards: The GB News Editorial Charter
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