This is the shocking moment a ranting Brit was restrained by cabin crew after allegedly trying to kiss a male passenger on the lips during a flight to Lisbon.
The man was filmed by a fellow passenger as he was stopped by cabin crew members on board an easyJet flight from Glasgow to Lisbon on February 6.
Footage shows the man being held down by a steward as he repeatedly abuses him and other staff and even threatens to punch them during his tirade.
At one point the passenger tried to get back up, but the cabin crew calmly restrained him. This caused the man to scream and shout: ‘I’ll kill you, you f***ing c****.’
The incident started during the descent to Lisbon, after the ‘drunk’ man tried to kiss a male passenger, a fellow pilot said. But when he was rejected, he reportedly became so “aggressive” that he had to be restrained.
‘The police took him away. However, I think he was on the return flight on Saturday, completely disguised with a woolen hat, sunglasses and headphones,” added the unnamed witness who filmed the incident.
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The man (pictured) was filmed being restrained by cabin crew members on board an easyJet flight from Glasgow to Lisbon on February 6.
Footage shows the man being held down by a steward as he repeatedly berates him and other staff and even threatens to hit them during his tirade
They said the man reportedly drank red wine during the flight, which took off in Scotland at 9.45am.
He was “very drunk” and “was rude to anyone who looked his way and then demanded they shake his hand,” the passenger said.
When the man turned to shake hands with the man sitting directly behind him, he was ignored, causing him to reportedly lean over his seat and attempt to “kiss the man on the lips.”
The passenger pushed the ‘drunk’ man away, but he became ‘very aggressive, shouting and throwing punches at everyone’.
“He tried to attack the man he tried to kiss earlier, forcing passengers to restrain him,” the witness said.
‘He was held for about 35 minutes before Portuguese police were able to remove him from the plane. Even when the police came to pick him up, he tried to struggle with them.”
An easyJet spokesperson said: ‘Flight EJU7670 from Glasgow to Lisbon on February 6 was met by police on arrival due to a passenger behaving disruptively on board.
‘Our cabin crew are trained to assess and evaluate all situations and to act quickly and appropriately to ensure that the safety of the flight and other passengers is not compromised at any time.
‘Although such incidents are rare, we take them very seriously and will not tolerate abusive or threatening behavior towards our crew or other passengers.
“The safety and well-being of our customers and crew is our top priority.”
At one point the passenger tried to get back up, but the cabin crew calmly pushed him back down. This caused the man to scream and shout: ‘I’ll kill you, you f***ing c****’
The passenger kept trying to get out of the crew’s grasp (left), so they twisted his arm behind his back to push him back to the ground (right)
“The police took (the man) away. However, I think he was on the return flight on Saturday, completely disguised with a woolen hat, sunglasses and headphones,” the unnamed witness said.
This comes after another ‘drunk and abusive’ man was detained by four passengers on board an eight-hour JetBlue flight from Gatwick Airport to New York JFK on January 30.
Footage showed a group of Britons, who intervened to help airline staff calm the man, struggling to restrain him.
Someone could be seen holding him in a headlock, but the suspected drunken passenger managed to break free.
A woman, wearing gray sweatpants and a black T-shirt, asked the passenger holding him to move his finger from the man’s eye.
She said, “Please get that off his face,” to which he replied, “I can’t just leave him.” She added, “No, no, don’t listen, don’t tell me to stop.” A fellow pilot told the woman to “go back now.”
Then she said, ‘Ben, Ben, stop fighting. Stop fighting while the four hero passengers try to stop him.
The video showed a group of Britons, who intervened to help airline staff calm the man (circled), and struggled to restrain him
Witness Grant Saunders said the man reportedly “started to get worse” when the crew told the man (circled) to calm down
The video showed the group standing in the narrow aisle as they bumped into seats, while other passengers recorded the footage on their mobile phones.
The man tried to escape from them, but the group managed to stop him and move him down the plane path towards two members of the cabin crew.
Witness Grant Saunders claimed the man “was drunk and became loud and aggressive” as he moved between other seats during the flight. “When the crew asked him to calm down, things started to get worse,” he added.
The flight departed Gatwick at 11.55am and arrived on time at 8.16pm GMT on 30 January.
JetBlue told MailOnline that the crew discovered an open bottle of liquor that the customer had brought on board. They confirmed the man was restrained and police dealt with him when they landed in New York.
“We appreciate our customers’ assistance and understanding during this incident and apologize for the experience,” the airline said.