Shocking moment, shirtless British passenger STOPS steward in the face after 'smashing plane toilet' during horror flight
THIS is the shocking moment a shirtless British passenger punches a flight attendant in the face after 'smashing' an airplane toilet.
The unnamed brute, 35, was captured while delivering a fatal blow to the innocent cabin crew member Thai Respiratory tract flight from Bangkok to Heathrow on February 7.
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Colleagues were shocked by the man's vicious outburst, but he was soon apprehended by brave passengers who managed to tie his hands together.
He was eventually arrested for GBH when he landed London, Police said.
An anonymous female passenger sitting just a few seats away managed to catch the ordeal on camera.
The video clearly shows the man trying to be calmed by stewards before turning and punching one of them in the face.
The victim falls straight to the floor in the aisle as people scream in horror.
The unnamed passenger, 22, told the Daily email: “He was in the toilet and started screaming and shouting. He started smashing the door and it came off its hinges.
“An older man – in the white T-shirt – tried to get him out. A fight broke out and he ended up punching the flight attendant. I think he broke his nose.”
Shortly afterwards, the woman took more video footage showing the man being held in his chair while he shouted abuse.
Numerous passengers can be seen standing around the aggressor in an attempt to calm and restrain him.
The man can be heard accusing someone of “wanting to kill him” before a woman demands people give him some space.
“Leave him alone, he's vulnerable,” she shouted. 'He has his hands tied, isn't that enough? Let him calm down.”
It was revealed that travelers were soon told the flight might be diverted Dubai as a result of the commotion, but would continue to London if no further incident occurred.
The woman added: “Two passengers sat on either side of him and kept pulling him down. We had to endure his screams. He was very verbally abusive.
“It was heavy. People changed seats and moved children to the back of the plane. [Upon landing] The police came and took him away.”
The metropolitan police confirmed officers responded to a report of an attack on board an inbound flight from Bangkok.
Police said: “We met the aircraft on arrival and a 35-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of grievous bodily harm and endangering an aircraft.
'He remains in custody.
“Another man was taken to hospital. His condition was assessed as not life-threatening.”
It comes next a British passenger was strangled by other pilots during a flight from London to New York after he allegedly got drunk and insulted the cabin crew.
Footage showed the dramatic scenes on the JetBlue flight from Gatwick airport Unpleasant New York JFK last month.
And a Ryanair plane from Great Britain was forced to make an emergency landing after a group of vocal and aggressive passengers.
The unruly fighters are said to have pushed a steward into the toilet and harassed both passengers and 'shaken' crew members until police stormed aboard and dragged someone into a standoff.