Man appears in court following disturbance on flight to Glasgow

41-year-old Abhay Nayak was arrested on board the EasyJet service from London Luton on Sunday morning

Author: Paul KellyPublished 29th Jul 2025

A man has appeared in court following a disturbance on an EasyJet flight from London Luton to Glasgow, which was investigated by counter-terror police.

Abhay Nayak was arrested when the flight landed at around 8.20am on Sunday.

Appearing at Paisley Sheriff Court on Monday the 41-year-old made no plea to a charge of assault and another of endangering the safety of an aircraft.

Nayak will appear in court again in eight days, and is being remanded in custody.

Counter-terror police initially assessed video footage but Nayak is not facing terrorism charges.

On Monday, a spokesperson for Police Scotland said: "We believe the incident to be contained and that nobody else was involved."

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