‘Australian’ plane passenger is bundled to the ground and subdued after stabbing the man next to him with a fork during flight to Bangkok because ‘I thought he was going to bite me’
‘Australian’ airline passenger is pinned to the ground and subdued after stabbing the man next to him with a fork on the flight to Bangkok because ‘I thought he was going to bite me’
- Alexey Fursov, 35, allegedly stabbed a man with a fork during a flight from Bangkok
- He was heard complaining about the restrictions placed on him after the attack
- Fursov allegedly told a passenger that he had a wife and son in Australia
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An ‘Australian’ man was thrown to the ground and subdued by his fellow passengers after allegedly stabbing the man sitting next to him because he ‘thought he was going to bite (him)’.
Alexey Fursov was detained by Russian police in Moscow after allegedly stabbing a fellow passenger with a fork, “piercing the victim in the chest, shoulder and back during the frenzied attack” on a plane from Bangkok.
Passengers on the flight also said the 35-year-old, who reportedly told another passenger he had a wife and son in Australia, had a knife in his sleeve and a pair of sharp scissors.
Dramatic footage shows 35-year-old Fursov being subdued and detained by officials shortly after the incident.
Fursov can be heard arguing for his restrictions to be lifted, claiming he didn’t do what was going on as he had been “away for four years.”
Alexey Fursov (pictured) was arrested by Russian police in Moscow after allegedly stabbing a fellow passenger with a fork
He was heard moaning that his restraints were hurting him too much, shortly after he allegedly stabbed a man with a fork
Flight attendants and passengers can be seen telling him to jump to the back of the plane as Fursov groans in pain.
He is then placed in what appears to be a seat at the very back of the plane, and tries to justify his actions by claiming that he believed the alleged victim would “bite (him).”
“I got my fork ready, then it shook again, I just stood it up and then I decided to poke him,” seemingly downplaying the alleged attack.
“I thought I’d just nudge him and he’d be gone.”
An incredulous witness then asks him sarcastically, “Like a balloon bursting?”
Fursov was then led away in handcuffs by a Moscow police officer with a dazed look on his face.
He was arrested by Moscow police when the flight from Bangkok landed
He claimed he thought the man sitting next to him was going to bite him
Furzov reportedly told a fellow passenger that he had a wife and son in Australia and had not been to Russia in four years
Moscow police took him off the plane and detained him
“After being tied up, he was guarded by passengers in hour-long shifts for the rest of the flight as he kicked and tried to free himself,” a witness told Moscow media.
The victim is said to have survived the attack, but received first aid from cabin crew.
Fursov’s alleged attack comes after passengers on another plane from Bangkok panicked after an otter smuggled on board began running loose alongside a rat.
Shocked passengers noticed a giant albino rat with glittering red eyes as they walked to the bathroom on the Airbus A320 flying to Taiwan on Wednesday.
Confused flight attendants searched the plane and noticed a second wild creature: a foot-long otter under a seat.
The crew is seen tying up a black bag that appears to contain at least one of the animals.
Shockingly, a box containing 28 live turtles was also found when police searched the plane upon landing in Taipei after the three-hour and 45-minute budget flight operated by Vietnamese airline Viet Jet.
Officials launched an investigation into how the creatures were smuggled through security checkpoints at Thailand’s notoriously corrupt Suvarnabhumi International Airport.