Passengers stage easyJet revolt

More than 130 easyJet passengers staged a sit-in when they were asked to get off their plane.

And so determined were the mainly British passengers that the airline had to concede defeat.

Tempers boiled over at Nice airport as the passengers were told they were being "bumped" off the plane.

Their flight had been due to leave for Luton at 10.40 last night but just before they were due to take off the pilot asked them to get off.

An easyJet spokesman said this was because a nearby plane - bound for Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris - had developed technical problems. Its passengers had already been delayed for three hours as a result.

The pilot proposed using the Lutonbound plane for those French