A passenger who allegedly had an Isis flag tattooed on his arm was removed from a Norwegian flight to Greece.

Cabin crew suspected the man's inking was of the terror group's symbol or a verse from the Koran, on the 9pm flight from Stockholm's Arlanda Airport to Heraklion on Thursday.

They reportedly refused to fly with him on board and the captain removed the man and his female companion, causing delays to the flight.

A passenger who allegedly had an Isis flag tattooed on his arm was removed from a 9pm flight from Stockholm's Arlanda airport (pictured) to Greece on Thursday

The plane departed just over an hour later, at 10.05pm.

Darko Ali, a station officer at the airport's border police, confirmed that crew and passengers 'reacted to another passenger for some reason and it created some concern'.

'The captain decided that the person would not be allowed to remain on the plane and wanted the person to leave.'

Mr Ali told German newspaper Expressen: 'He was not welcome on board the plane and we helped him to leave the airport.'

Mats Eriksson at Stockholm Police said that despite police being present when the man was escorted from the plane, 'this is not a police matter.'

'The pilot has full authority to remove whoever he wants from the plane,' he told The Local.

He stressed that the man was not suspected of any crime or detained by police.

Cabin crew suspected the inking was of the terrorist group's symbol or a verse from the Koran and reportedly refused to fly with the man on board

The captain removed him and his female companion, causing delays to the flight to Heraklion (pictured) in Greece

A press officer at Swedavia, a firm that operates the major airports in Sweden, confirmed that a Norwegian plane departed an hour late because of a passenger.

It comes as an easyJet flight to London was at the centre of a security alert in March after a passenger claimed that the man sitting next to her might have been an Islamic extremist.

The woman claimed she saw messages related to ISIS on the man's mobile phone as the plane was preparing for take-off from Vienna, Austria.

She alerted cabin crew and security staff descended on the aircraft before passengers and luggage were taken off the plane for additional screening, Austrian officials said.

The plane was delayed for hours while checks were carried out.

In the same month a drunk grandmother who terrified plane passengers after claiming a tourist was a member of ISIS and had a bomb on board.

Elaine Ryan, 60, accused a man on board the Flybe flight of having a bomb and being a member of the terror group on March 27.

It comes as Elaine Ryan, 60, from Coventry, accused a man on board the Flybe flight of having a bomb and being a member of Isis in March (file photo)

A court heard 48 passengers, including children, were terrified by her claims during the 50-minute flight.

The retired NHS nurse was seen by crew members with a half-empty bottle of vodka in one hand and an unlit cigarette in the other on the plane.

Ryan, from Coventry, was jailed in June after she had to be removed from her seat and was strapped in a galley area when crew were unable to stop her drunken tirade.