THIS is the extraordinary moment that a Captain wrestled a boozed-up passenger to the floor on a holiday jet.
The tussled with the allegedly drunken yob in the rear galley of a packed plane.
A passenger filmed the altercation on their phone
Staff were forced to restrain the passenger
Suddenly a fed-up bearded passenger in a black hoodie races down the aisle and delivers a drop-kick to the disruptive flyer.
The thug can be heard screaming “Get me off this plane!” as he caused havoc on board.
Other flyers could be heard shouting “Look at this turd. Just Smack him up, man.”
The Sun told how the aircraft was taxiing to the runway when an allegedly drunk thug began head-butting the toilet door.
After the brawl A new crew was needed, resulting in a four-hour hold-up
The man was described as ‘blotto drunk’
Take-off from was aborted and the A319’s door opened so ground crew could help restrain the screaming traveller.
The man, described as “blotto drunk” despite the 6am departure, wriggled free on the aircraft steps before trying to sprint towards the live runway.
He was led away by in front of the 156 passengers. One person aboard Flight EZY2511 to said: “Two men were arguing at security.
“One was denied boarding for being too drunk, but his friend made it on to the flight.
“The guy who boarded was screaming abuse down his phone and threatening to fight passengers, before being moved to the front of the plane by the crew.
“As the plane began to taxi, he completely lost it. He jumped up, demanded to get off, and sprinted full-speed down the aisle to the back.
“He started violently head- butting the toilet door, hitting it so hard he left a dent.
“The captain emerged and, alongside the flight attendants, wrestled him to the floor in the back galley.
“During the scrap, another passenger delivered a WWE-style flying drop-kick to the unruly man.
“After a ten-minute struggle, ground staff dragged him off the plane to a massive, collective cheer.”
A new crew was needed, resulting in a four-hour hold-up. EasyJet staff were lauded for keeping passengers calm.
The flight eventually arrived in Amsterdam at midday yesterday – three hours and 55 minutes behind schedule.
The incident and other recent ones will fuel more calls for a booze ban around UK flights, and a database of disruptive fliers.
EasyJet confirmed: “A passenger on Flight EZY2511 from to Amsterdam on June 13 was denied travel due to behaving disruptively on board, prior to departure.
“EasyJet’s cabin crew and ground staff are trained to assess all incidents and act quickly and appropriately and we do not tolerate abusive or threatening behaviour towards our staff.
“The safety and wellbeing of customers and crew is always easyJet’s highest priority.”
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