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| JETSTAR B787-8 VH-VKA (CN 36227) File Photo |
A furious passenger who missed his flight has stormed the tarmac at Melbourne Airport (MEL/YMML)and tried to break his way onto a Jetstar plane which was bound for Sydney. Video obtained exclusively by 9NEWS shows the moment the passenger managed to get to the door of a Jetstar flight and began ripping the door off about 9.30am today. After several attempts to enter the plane, he eventually begins to bash it with his feet.
9NEWS understands the man became irate and physical with Jetstar staff after being told he was hours late for his earlier flight to Adelaide. It's believed he then started smoking inside the airport, which is forbidden, and ran to the nearest gate. He pushed the crew out of the way and ran onto the tarmac. He forcibly pulled multiple times on the door of the Sydney-bound aircraft before being restrained by baggage handlers. "We were sitting waiting to get on the flight and people went 'Oh my god, what is going on?'" witness Susannah told 9news.com.au. "Someone was running on the tarmac. "This man was trying to get up the stairs, he was physically fighting with the staff, punching and scratching them." Susannah said the man was initially restrained by staff when he was halfway up the steps. He then somehow managed to free himself and reached the door of the plane. "At some point he got away from them," she said."The federal police showed up five minutes later and walked him out." AFP officers have taken the man into custody, but charges are yet to be laid as investigations continue. A Jetstar spokeswoman is commending the work of their baggage handlers, who went "above and beyond" to restrain the man. "We praise our crew for safely handling this incident and restraining the passenger until police arrived," Jetstar said in a statement. "This behaviour is unacceptable and we have placed an immediate ban on this passenger travelling on all Jetstar and Qantas flights."
Story source from Nine news and can be found here
Story source from Nine news and can be found here
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