An intruder got on to an Easyjet flight at Gatwick Airport with no passport or boarding pass before the departure gate had opened.

Police were called when a 51-year-old woman boarded the plane to Tenerife just after 07:00 BST without a ticket or identification documents.

They arrested the German national on suspicion of entering a security restricted area without permission.

The flight was delayed for about an hour while passengers were rescreened.

A spokesman for Sussex Police said: "Police were called to the North Terminal departure gate 111 in Gatwick airport... to a report a woman had boarded an Easyjet flight to Tenerife before boarding had actually started.

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