'You will all die': Crazed man's vow to terrified passengers as he tries to open exit door mid-air



Terrified passengers on a London-bound flight froze in their seats as a crazed man ran through the aisle of the Qantas jet screaming: 'You will all die!'



Praying and yelling in a foreign language, the man threatened to kill himself and the passengers on the fully-laden jet several hours after it took off from Melbourne to fly to London via Hong Kong.



Flight attendants managed to jump on the man and restrain him as he threatened to open an emergency exit door, shouting: 'It is God's will'.



Mid-air drama: Passengers reported an incident between Melbourne and Hong Kong, when a male passenger screamed 'You will all die' during flight

Passengers told of the flight of terror when they made calls to friends in Melbourne after the aircraft landed safely in Hong Kong and the deranged man was taken into custody.



'There were some very scared and upset passengers,' one woman, identifying herself only as Helen, told Melbourne's Herald Sun newspaper.



'He was praying in what was believed to be Hebrew and yelling out that he was going to kill himself and all the passengers would die,' said Helen, who had been sitting in Premium Economy.



'There was one lady that was quite upset. She moved into our cabin in Premium Economy because she said "I heard too much, I heard too much - I can't go back down there [into the main part of the cabin]".'

Safely on the ground: Qantas staff overpowered the man and handcuffed him for the remainder of the flight. Authorities took him into custody in Hong Kong

The aircraft had taken off from Melbourne shortly before midnight Australian time.



'The man had to be held down by crew members, who restrained him and sat him down in the front row of economy,' said another passenger. T

he raving man was handcuffed and curtains were placed around his seat, with two crew members sitting nearby for the rest of the flight.



A Qantas spokeswoman confirmed today that there had been an incident on flight QF29 from Melbourne to Hong Kong, during which a passenger 'became disruptive'.



Hong Kong authorities were waiting to meet the plane on arrival, she said.



The spokeswoman said cabin crew were trained and equipped to deal with this kind of situation to ensure that the safety of other passengers was not compromised.

Passenger Helen said: 'The cabin crew were very professional. They were fantastic. They just kept everyone calm.'



The aircraft was due to arrive in London early Thursday.