AN Air Mediterranee plane has been diverted after a shirtless man allegedly urinated on another passenger.

The passenger became unruly when flight staff told him he wasn’t allowed to smoke or drink alcohol while on the plane, French media reported.

Photographs taken inside the cabin shows the man pinned to the floor by fellow passengers and cabin crew, having apparently removed his shirt.

Flight ML2673 was diverted halfway between Algiers in Algeria and the French capital Paris yesterday afternoon.

The Airbus A321 was diverted to Lyon International Airport roughly 45 minutes through the hour and a half flight.

The man is said to have started arguing with cabin crew when they refused to serve him alcohol or let him smoke.

He then allegedly urinated on another passenger, which caused the mass brawl to break out, MailOnline reported citing French media.

Both the shirtless man and another person involved in the fight were removed from the plane.

The aircraft then continued on to Paris’ Charles de Gaulle Airport, arriving three hours behind schedule.

This story originally appeared in The Sun.