The video showed that the man beat the flight attendant and the flight attendant was knocked to the ground.
In a shocking incident, a shirtless passenger punched a flight attendant in the face after destroying a plane toilet. The incident occurred on February 7 on a Thai Airways flight from Bangkok to Heathrow Airport. subway reported. Video of the incident circulated online showed the 35-year-old man punching and kicking the flight attendant, who was knocked to the ground.
Other passengers, shocked by his vicious outburst, tried to intervene and stop him, eventually succeeding in tying his hands together. A female passenger sitting a few seats away managed to capture the ordeal on camera. The video has now gone viral on social media sites.
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An unruly British man, 35, has been arrested for a cowardly attack on a Thai Airways staff member after a flight from Bangkok to London Heathrow landed.
Minutes after the plane took off on February 7, the man went crazy and started smashing the plane’s toilet. pic.twitter.com/k391Ab5Phs
— ThaiMythbuster (@thaimythbuster) February 16, 2024
She said: “He was in the toilet and started screaming and shouting. He started banging on the door and it came off its hinges. An older man in a white T-shirt tried to get him out. A fight broke out , and he ended up slapping the flight attendant. I think his nose was broken.”
Amid the chaos, passengers were warned the plane might have to fly to Dubai if the man did not calm down, but luckily the plane was able to continue its journey.
The woman added, “Two passengers sat on either side of him and kept pulling him down. We had to endure his yelling. He was very verbal. It was tough. People swapped seats and moved the kids to the back of the plane. .”
On arrival in London, he was arrested on suspicion of grievous bodily harm and endangering an aircraft.
London’s Metropolitan Police said: “We encountered a 35-year-old man on arrival and he was arrested on suspicion of grievous bodily harm and endangering the aircraft. He remains in custody. Another man was taken to hospital. His condition is assessed as not life-threatening.”
