Police on hand as Alicante flight lands at Luton Aiport.
Passengers on a flight to Luton Airport have told how they watched in horror as a raging Romeo threatened to kill his girlfriend.
In front of a full aircraft travelling from Alicante in Southern Spain on Tuesday evening, the nightmare scene unfolded as the passenger threatened to shoot and rape his partner.
One witness said the 8pm Thomsonfly plane had not been in the air long before the couple began arguing. The man was reported to be muttering under his breath and swearing.
When the row turned nasty one woman asked the cabin crew to step in. The man was asked to mind his language and he replied that he planned to shoot his girlfriend, as well as the passenger who had interferred.
The witness said she heard the man say he should have just raped his partner and people began to get frightened. One crew member went to speak to the captain, and air hostesses were almost forced to restrain the man, said onlookers. Cabin crew arranged to have police meet the plane as it landed and the man was arrested.
One passenger said she saw about five police officers on the concourse at the airport when the plane ground to a halt.
Police confirmed one man was arrested on suspicion of being drunk and disorderly as he left an aircraft on Tuesday night. Yesterday he was still in custody at Luton police station.
A Thomsonfly spokesperson said: "We can confirm that a passenger was causing disrupution on the TOM2568 Alicante – Luton flight. Local police were informed by the captain and the police met the aircraft on arrival who have detained the passenger."
Source: Bedford Today
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