Experience: I stopped a man from crashing our plane

A passenger having a mental health episode was heading for the emergency exit. He lunged for the door handle, screamingI write thrillers: mostly ­historical mysteries. In September 2024, I was returning from a ­literary festival in Italy, where I had been talking about my ­latest book. It was a Ryanair flight, and as we came in to land at London Stansted, I heard people behind me shouting. I looked back to see some of them were standing up