Moment ‘drunk’ airline safety instructor is wrestled to floor after ‘sparking mid-air brawl’ & trying to ‘hit crew’ | The Sun

THIS is the shocking moment an airline safety instructor is wrestled to the ground after sparking a mid-air brawl at 30,000ft.

The flight to Moscow was forced into an emergency landing in the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk after passengers got involved in restraining the "drunk" thug.

Footage on the plane shows a man in a blue T-shirt, thought to be 44-year-old airline safety instructor Ilya, being dragged to the back of the plane by another passenger.

The person filming follows the pair as other travellers watch on in horror at the chaos that is unfolding.

The man then proceeds to kick Ilya to the ground before overpowering him as he proceeds to shout in Russian.

Another unknown man is then seen being restrained by cabin crew with cable ties binding his hands and legs behind his back.

The 44-year-old airline safety instructor became aggressive which led to the pilot having to make an emergency landing, according to witnesses quoted by local media.

Ilya was apparently drunk on the flight and began fighting with his colleagues before fellow passengers felt they had to involve themselves in the disagreement.

Cabin crew attempted to diffuse the situation but Ilya proceeded to try and hit a flight attendant - escalating the disagreement into a huge brawl, it is claimed.

Ilya eventually was subdued by cabin crew after two passengers stepped in, Russia's Dzen.ru reports.

But because of his repetitive verbal threats towards to the crew, the plane had to make an emergency landing.

This was after Rossiya Airlines decided it couldn't ensure the safety of passengers and crew.

Ilya was handed over to cops where a criminal case has been opened against him, accusing the thug of "hooliganism".

There are claims that Rossiya Airlines plans to go to court to recover damages from the flight troublemaker.

It comes after a Ryanair "flight from hell" had to be diverted just 36 minutes into its journey after a “mass brawl” broke out between passengers midair.

Shocking footage showed holidaymakers screaming at each other across the plane while flustered airline staff tried to calm them down.

A passenger on board the evening flight from Agadir to London Stansted said a row broke out between two families during boarding.

It started when a man, thought to be in his late 20s, asked another passenger to move so he could sit with his wife and young children.

The woman, who was sitting with her own daughter, reportedly refused to budge - prompting the man to start threatening her.

The flight took off with no problems, but as soon as the seat belt signs came off, the passenger’s husband, understood to be in his 30s, is said to have jumped to his wife’s defence.

Punches were reportedly thrown between the two men while Ryanair staff attempted to intervene.