Five holidaymakers thrown off an aircraft after what their solicitor described as "a fuss in a fuselage" have been told their case must be heard in a British Crown Court.
The defendants, all Irish men and women from Thurston Road, Lewisham, south London, were in a party of 12 arrested on January 31st last after Airtours Flight 1071 bound for Montego Bay in Jamaica was forced to divert to the US.
The group ended up stranded at Norfolk International Airport in Virginia for three days before being flown back to Britain where they were arrested.
Mr Myles Connors (36) and Mr Francis Coyle (40) pleaded not guilty to charges of affray and acting in a manner likely to endanger an aircraft when they appeared before the magistrates at Crawley, Sussex.
Ms Josephine Cooper (18), Ms Angela O'Driscoll (39) and her sister Elizabeth (34) denied being drunk on an aircraft.
Magistrates remanded the five on unconditional bail until November 24th.