text: A crying 19-month-old girl was removed from a plane and met by police after she was accused of causing a security breach. As the aircraft taxied on the runway at Ben Gurion Airport in Israel, bound for Luton, Sarina Aziz became agitated after cabin crew asked that she sit on her parents’ lap. Ariella and Mark Aziz, who live in north London, struggled to keep their daughter still after strapping her in the connector belt required for children under the age of two. One-year-old Sarina Aziz became agitated on a flight from Israel to Luton that led to her being ejected from the plane . Mark Aziz, pictured right, spoke with airline staff outside the aircraft before his family was removed . However they say they were shocked to find that staff had decided to alert the captain, who took the decision to halt the flight and call security to remove the family from the plane. Mr Aziz, who said the family are seeking legal advice over the incident on a Transavia Airlines flight in Tel Aviv, said: ‘I want to emphasise that we wanted to, and were, complying with the crew’s instructions. ‘I was simply trying to restrain our daughter who had become unhappy after being moved from a child seat on to our laps. We had actually purchased a seat for her to sit in, and she was very happy in that and belted in correctly. ‘But the stewardess came up to us and said that their policy was for the child to be seated on a parent’s lap. We said we were happy to go along with this and were in no way argumentative.’ Mr Aziz described how after being moved from her seat, his daughter became frustrated and unhappy, and it became difficult to keep her subdued. ‘All we were doing was asking the cabin crew what we can do, and asking for help,’ he added. After his daughter’s behaviour continued to attract the attention of the crew, Mr Aziz claims another steward, who had not seen the original incident unfold, marched over to him ‘very aggressively’. Transavia Airlines have said that the action was justified as the child was not 'following safety instructions' The incident occurred at Ben Gurion Airport in Israel (pictured) on a flight bound for London Luton . Mr Aziz said: ‘He was standing over me shouting and it felt like he was trying to provoke me. I felt very threatened; he was saying “you’ve got to sort it,” and that he would not help as it was not his problem.’ Speaking to  Jewish News Online, Mrs Aziz said: ‘It was like a terrorist incident, I couldn’t believe it. The next thing you know we’re all in squad cars heading back to Ben Gurion.’ Fellow passenger Ben Wasserstrum described how the pilot said that there had been ‘a security breach,’ before returning those on board to the terminal. A spokesman for Transavia told MailOnline: ‘It is very important that flight safety instructions are followed by all our passengers. It was unfortunate that the child was ill, but even then the flight safety rules must be followed.’ However, Mr Aziz said his daughter was not ‘ill’, although he admits that she was sick after she was moved. He said: ‘I was covered in sick but we received no sympathy from the staff whatsoever.’ He added: ‘The airline is trying to legitimise their actions and shirk responsibility. I believe that if this instance was legitimate then they’d be kicking families off planes every day because I’ve been on so many flights where babies don’t settle. But you can’t ban families from going away with babies on planes – that would be crazy.’ A Chinese family was kicked off a Cathay Pacific flight last month after their three-year-old son refused to wear a seatbelt, causing a delay for other passengers. The Hong Kong-bound plane sat at its gate at a Bangkok airport for an extra 30 minutes while the family, flight attendants and other travellers were involved in a heated stand-off. Most airlines allow children under two to sit on a parent’s lap during take-off and landing. Any child over that age must sit in their own seat and wear a safety belt. The boy's father (middle) rowed with other passengers, after the family were instructed to leave the plane after his son refused to wear a seatbelt . The boy refused to take his seat and wear a seatbelt moments before flight CX654 was scheduled to take off from Suvarnabhumi Bangkok International Airport, a passenger, named Lau, told Hong Kong’s Apple Daily newspaper. All other passengers were seated and prepared for their two-hour journey. Flight attendants asked the family to put the boy in his seat and buckle his safety belt, but the parents refused to obey their directions and insisted that the boy be allowed to sit on his mother’s lap, the South China Morning Post reported. Elizabeth Sedway, 51, says Alaska Airlines had her ejected from a flight because she has cancer and lacked a doctor's note clearing her to fly . A married mother of two battling cancer was ejected from an Alaska Airlines flight from Hawaii to California along with her family because she lacked a doctor's note clearing her to fly. Elizabeth Sedway, 51, from Granite Hill, California, posted an emotional video on her Facebook page Monday showing her family being kicked off a packed plane. Mrs Sedway, who suffers from multiple myeloma - a rare form of plasma cancer - detailed her ordeal in a status update accompanying the short video, which has been shared nearly 10,000 times as of Tuesday evening. In the message, the mother of two explained that she was sitting in the handicapped section of a boarding area at Lihue Airport on Kauai when an Alaska Airlines representative noticed she had put on a surgical mask to shield herself from germs and came up to her asking if she needed anything. Mrs Sedway initially said she was fine, but when the airline employee approached her a second time, she indicated that she might require a little extra time to board the plane because she sometimes felt 'weak.' Daniel Levitan was barred from an American Airlines flight after his family advised a tannoy announcement saying he had a nut allergy . The Sedway family eventually boarded the plane and were awaiting takeoff in their seats when an airline representative came on board and announced that the cancer-stricken passenger could not fly without a note from her doctor. A  schoolboy with a peanut allergy was barred from boarding a U.S. plane after his parents asked for a tannoy announcement advising fellow fliers not to eat nuts. The parents of Daniel Levitan are appalled at their alleged treatment by American Airlines, adding a staff member had told them previously: 'Americans have the right to eat nuts'. Daniel, 11, was at the gate at Florida's Fort Myers airport when his parents demanded the announcement - but an American Airlines staff member refused, they said. In the ensuing row, Daniel's parents explained his throat could have closed in a 'worst case scenario', which prompted them to be barred altogether. The AA staff member then allegedly demanded to see a 'fit to fly' certificate before sending the family away and cancelling their tickets.
target: Sarina Aziz was flying back from Israel with parents Mark and Ariella Aziz .
  But girl became agitated after being placed on the parents' lap .
  Pilot turned plane around at Ben Gurion, and armed police ejected family .
  Father Mark Aziz insists family were being compliant and asking for help .
  Mother speaks of her disbelief at how the incident was handled by staff .