Wales international Rabbi Matondo was escorted off an EasyJet flight by three police officers following a row with cabin crew after he allegedly called an air stewardess a ‘sl*t’.

Passengers had to remain on board while the 18-year-old Schalke winger was filmed by several laughing friends being removed from the plane at Bristol Airport on Tuesday evening.

A passenger told Sportsmail: ‘He was showing off in front of his mates, refusing to put his seat belt on upon take-off, abusing a poor air hostess simply for challenging him by calling her a sl*t twice and then by refusing to even acknowledge her manager when he tried to intervene.

Rabbi Matondo was hauled off a flight by three police officers at Bristol airport on Tuesday

‘It was his friends who had to hand over his details in the end because he just refused to co-operate until three police officers took him off the flight once we’d landed at Bristol.

‘It was childish behaviour and a pathetic way for an international footballer who represents his country to act.’

The former Manchester City youth product had been returning from a Portuguese training camp flying from the tourist resort of Faro in the Algarve when he is said to have claimed to cabin crew that his seatbelt ‘doesn’t seem to fit’.

One of two cabin crew reprimanded him by saying that if he couldn’t perform ‘such a simple task then we have a problem’.

The source continued: ‘But Rabbi and his friends just laughed in the face of the cabin staff before he finally fastened his seatbelt and the flight took off.

‘Then when the same female air stewardess was going through the cabin serving drinks from a trolley he called her a sl*t twice out of nowhere when she passed by. I couldn’t believe the way he was speaking to her.

The 18-year-old (far right) is a full international and had been at a training camp in Portugal

‘The cabin crew manager went to see him and told him that he wouldn’t tolerate anyone speaking to his staff in that way. But he denied saying anything and told him to “go away”.

‘He refused to hand over his boarding pass when asked and the group were told to remain on board the plane once we landed at just before 7pm last night. About 15 minutes later three police officers escorted him off the flight.’

An unrecognisable man sitting behind him said he was his manager and told everyone on the plane that he would ‘have to deal with the matter seriously’.

The source added: ‘I was not expecting my journey home from my holiday to be delayed for 15 minutes or so because an international footballer wanted to perform in front of his mates and abuse the poor girl air hostess who was just doing her job.

‘His behaviour was completely inappropriate.’

A Football Association of Wales spokesperson said: ‘The Football Association of Wales is aware of a complaint made on board a flight into Bristol Airport concerning a member of the men’s national squad.

Passengers on board the EasyJet flight described his behaviour as completely inappropriate'

‘The matter was resolved swiftly and the association will not be making any further comment at this time.’

An EasyJet spokesman told Sportsmail: ‘Flight EZY6008 from Faro to Bristol on 28th May was met by the police upon landing as a result of a passenger behaving disruptively onboard.

‘Whilst such incidents are rare we take them very seriously and do not tolerate abusive or threatening behaviour.

‘The safety and wellbeing of passengers and crew is always EasyJet's priority.

‘We would like to thank passengers for their understanding.’

Schalke and Avon and Somerset police have also been approached for a comment.

Matondo spent over two years at Manchester City's academy – where he scored a record 11 goals in 31 matches - before earning the international cap for Wales last November.

However, with no opportunities in Pep Guardiola’s first team forthcoming, he secured a £11.25m move to Schalke in January this year.