Ryanair passengers and staff pin down man who ‘wouldn’t stop drinking’
This is the moment an ‘intoxicated’ Ryanair passenger lashing out at people on board is pinned down on a seat by other travellers.
Footage shows at least five passengers coming to assist air hosts in containing the man on the flight from London Luton to Kaunas International Airport, Lithuania.
The man is shown leaning into the row behind and aggressively shouting at another passenger who’s with his young child.
One man, believed to be the unruly traveller’s father, tries to hold him back as he continues to speak to the passenger in a threatening tone.
The disruptive customer looks unsteady on his feet as he tries to navigate the narrow gap from his window seat towards the aisle when he’s gently restrained by an employee.
He tries to calm him down, but the situation escalates and the man screams: ‘I don’t f*****g care who the f**k you are. I don’t f*****g want you to touch me.’
The man then begins to lash out towards a group of travellers who have gathered to try and calm him down.
Having finally had enough, the group of passengers and hosts swarm the man to restrain him.
Two hosts approach him from the aisle behind, where they wrap their arms around him in an attempt to hold him down.
He then disappears from sight as the group continue to wrestle him and pin him down on a seat.
Speaking today, one passenger who wished to remain anonymous said: ‘The passenger brought his own alcohol and after being asked to stop drinking, he got aggressive.
‘He was left alone once he stopped drinking but his behaviour was getting worse. He started threatening passengers around him, in particular a man with a small child sat behind him and in front of me.
‘The cabin crew stepped in asking him to calm down. He continued swearing and shouting until cabin crew and passengers restrained him.
‘He punched his own dad who is seen on the video trying to calm him down. His father sat on the other side of the plane at first and came round when he saw what was going on.’
‘He was trying really hard to calm his son down and seemed to be mortified. He (the drunken man) got arrested once we landed.
‘It all started with the cabin crew telling him to stop drinking in the first place but he refused and kept drinking.
‘He seemed to be very intoxicated, slurring his speech and could not walk straight. All this after him drinking what seemed like an almost finished bottle of whiskey.’
People on social media were quick to condemn the man, one of whom wrote: ‘I don’t know why the sale of alcohol isn’t banned on flights, when some people act this way.’
One asked why there have been so many stories like this recently, while another suggested people should have to do breathalyser tests before boarding.
Another added: ‘Before long we will need security on planes.’
A Ryanair spokeswoman said: ‘The crew of this flight from Luton to Kaunas (13 Aug) requested police assistance upon arrival after a passenger became disruptive in-flight.
‘The aircraft landed normally and police removed and detained this individual passenger at Kaunas. This is now a matter for local police.’
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