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His behaviour caused a "huge distraction" for the captain and crew, though no passengers were aware of his condition.

Jones recently voted along with other council leaders in South Yorkshire to approve funding of almost £160m to reopen DSA and bring passenger flights back to the region.

He added passengers jokingly pointed out the "shellfish" crab had its feet on the seat, while others called out the crabby commuter for fare dodging.

Sheriff Mann said nothing he could do could turn the clock back and change the consequences of the crash for the passengers.

With a range of 185km and 50 minutes of flight time, the Slovenian-built Pipistrel is limited to training and not for shuttling passengers from A to B.