{"id":141467,"date":"2025-05-29T13:13:10","date_gmt":"2025-05-29T13:13:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/141467\/"},"modified":"2025-05-29T13:13:10","modified_gmt":"2025-05-29T13:13:10","slug":"moment-drunk-passenger-hauled-off-tui-flight-by-cops-after-punching-cabin-crew-screaming-planes-going-to-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/141467\/","title":{"rendered":"Moment \u2018drunk\u2019 passenger hauled off TUI flight by cops after PUNCHING cabin crew &#038; screaming \u2018plane&#8217;s going to crash\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>THIS is the shocking moment passenger was arrested after allegedly smacking an air hostess in the face.<\/p>\n<p>Footage shows the man being restrained on board a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/topic\/tui\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TUI<\/a> plane from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/travel\/35163175\/tui-airport-new-flights-spain-holiday\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Spanish <\/a>holiday hotspot Gran Canaria to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/where\/birmingham\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Birmingham<\/a> in the early hours of Tuesday morning.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Police officers arresting a disruptive passenger on an airplane.\" height=\"959\" width=\"563\" data-credit=\"Supplied\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/flightmare-shock-moment-drunk-passenger-998966292.png\" data-caption=\"The man was filmed by another passenger after allegedly shouting that the plane was 'going to crash'\"   loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/flightmare-shock-moment-drunk-passenger-998966292.png\" role=\"img\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>3<\/p>\n<p>The man was filmed by another passenger after allegedly shouting that the plane was &#8216;going to crash&#8217;Credit: Supplied<a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A passenger being restrained by airline crew on a plane.\" height=\"960\" width=\"577\" data-credit=\"Supplied\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/flightmare-shock-moment-drunk-passenger-998966291.png\" data-caption=\"Passengers cheered when three police officers finally managed to detain the man\"   loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/flightmare-shock-moment-drunk-passenger-998966291.png\" role=\"img\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>3<\/p>\n<p>Passengers cheered when three police officers finally managed to detain the manCredit: Supplied<\/p>\n<p>The brute &#8211; who passengers say was drunk &#8211; was led away in handcuffs after appearing to strike a cabin crew member in an hour-long fit of rage, which left air hostesses in tears.<\/p>\n<p>Flight attendants even attempted to use a \u2018restraint kit\u2019 to subdue the holidaymaker, but were unable to bring him under control even after the plane had landed.<\/p>\n<p>It forced terrified crew members to scream for help while 220 passengers, including young kids, watched on.<\/p>\n<p>Dramatic clips obtained by The Sun shows the mayhem unfold as cabin crew frantically run through the aisles pleading for the emergency services.<\/p>\n<p>Read more about airline fights<\/p>\n<p>A witness told The Sun: \u201cIt all kicked off just before 1am as we were landing in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/topic\/birmingham\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Birmingham<\/a> from Las Palmas.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen they slammed the brakes, he was shouting that the plane was going to crash. He started shouting at the hostesses and got up to go to the toilet compartment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe stewardess told him to sit back down, which he did, but then he got back up for the second time and went to the same place.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere was a lot of screaming and shouting between him and the crew, and then he punched an air hostess in the nose.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne minute he was calm, then he was throwing blows. He was extremely erratic.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A number of passengers tried to intervene to help the air hostesses as the situation became violent.<\/p>\n<p>The witness continued: \u201cAir hostesses were screaming for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/topic\/police\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">police<\/a> in panic &#8211; they were shook up and crying.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople had to tell them to stop screaming because it was scaring the kids &#8211; it was a nightmare.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Clapping and cheering rang through the plane after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/where\/west-midlands\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">West Midlands<\/a> Police officers finally got onboard.<\/p>\n<p>A witness told The Sun: \u201cThe intoxicated guy put his hands up and said, &#8216;Arrest me&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;But then he resisted arrest.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The drunk male was forced down onto other passengers by cops who quickly surrounded and cuffed him after he resisted arrest.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The drunken yob was finally led away from the aircraft in handcuffs and chucked in a police van before passengers were able to exit, an hour after the ordeal began.<\/p>\n<p>We previously revealed how a British woman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/news\/35075915\/woman-dragged-ryanair-bomb\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">was dragged off a flight after allegedly assaulting passengers<\/a> and &#8220;making a bomb threat&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>And last year a &#8220;flight from hell&#8221; did a U-turn after just 36 minutes in the air, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/news\/29010022\/ryanair-flight-from-hell-turns-round-after-36-minutes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">when a &#8220;mass brawl&#8221; broke out between holidaymakers.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>TUI and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/topic\/west-midlands\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">West Midlands<\/a> Police were asked to comment.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A flight attendant standing in an airplane aisle as a passenger is being removed by police.\" height=\"960\" width=\"552\" data-credit=\"Supplied\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/flightmare-shock-moment-drunk-passenger-998958230.jpg\" data-caption=\"The man stormed around the cabin as cabin crew watched on powerless to stop him\"   loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/flightmare-shock-moment-drunk-passenger-998958230.jpg\" role=\"img\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>3<\/p>\n<p>The man stormed around the cabin as cabin crew watched on powerless to stop himCredit: Supplied<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"THIS is the shocking moment passenger was arrested after allegedly smacking an air hostess in the face. 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