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Passengers stepped in to help cabin crew when a drunk passenger tried to open an aeroplane’s door at 33,000 feet.

It took seven people to pin down the man in a gangway and wrap him in cling film to stop him lashing out during the flight to Phuket.

The plane was forced to make an emergency landing in Uzbekistan where he was arrested.

But once the plane set off again, there were another two incidents when two passengers got into a drunken row despite it being a no-aclohol flight and a third man started smoking in the toilet of the Nordwind Airline aircraft.




All three were arrested when their plane arrived in Thailand.

The eventful flight saw a man try to open an emergency door, two men fighting and another trying to smoke (Picture: Anna Liesowska/east2west news)

Some of the drama was caught on camera by a reporter on the plane (Picture: Anna Liesowska/east2west news)

TV reporter Elena Demidova, who was on the flight, said: ‘The first half of the flight was normal, but then I noticed strange activity among stewardesses.

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‘People in the cabin were whispering to each other that a doctor was called for somebody. Then on the intercom they asked if anybody had plastic food wrap.’

She continued: ‘Suddenly the sign fasten your seat belts began to flash. Why? Minutes later the captain explained a passenger in the rear of the plane was drunk and rowdy.

‘A doctor tried to calm him. Then tougher measures were taken. They tried to use plastic food wrap to tie him. Seven people were holding him, but nothing helped.’

The man who was wrapped in cling film is also alleged to have abused an air steward, according to Elena Markovskaya, an official with the Moscow Multi-Regional Transport Investigative Department.

One man was arrested in Uzbekistan following an emergency landing, the others were arrested in Thailand (Picture: Anna Liesowska/east2west news)

Footage emerged of the second incident with the passengers fighting and another video shows the third incident.

Ms Demidova said: ‘This man was smoking in the plane’s toilet. The stewardesses are sorting it out right now.’

She said later: ‘He was taken away from the plane by Thai police. It is the first time when my flight is so rich in events. Thanks that all of us are alive.’

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