A video of a 'drunk' middle-aged woman launching a vile racist attack on passengers before being thrown off a bus after a fight broke out has emerged.

Footage, taken on a bus in Liverpool, shows a woman, 52, eating a packet of crisps and slurring her words as she antagonises passengers on January 5 at around 5pm.

The woman leans over two young passengers, believed to be Eastern European, on the seats beside her and calls them 'cheeky f****ers' and 'cheeky b*****s'.

One of the young women tells her to go away and says 'Stop talking to us. OK? We don't know you'.

Footage, taken on a bus in Liverpool, shows a (pictured) woman, 52, eating a packet of crisps and slurring her words on January 5

The middle-aged woman, wearing a black quilted jacket, then hurls racist abuse at them and shouts: 'You shouldn't be in our country, now f**k off. Don't tell me to f**k off or I'll smack you!'.

She then appears to lean over and grab the hat off one of the young women's head which causes her friend to immediately try to defend herself.

The young passenger stands up and strikes the middle-aged woman hard in the face, causing her crisps to go flying everywhere.

And then she lurches forward and jumps on the woman's back, dragging her to the floor as her friend shouts her name.

The young passenger stands up and strikes the middle-aged woman hard in the face, causing her crisps go flying everywhere

They are caught up in a vicious brawl and begin to punch, kick and slap each other as they roll around on the bus floor.

At one point, the 'drunk' woman screams 'get off the f***king bus' before grabbing one of the girls' long hair and yanking her backwards.

During the scuffle, passengers can be heard shouting at the middle-aged woman to 'let go of her hair' as the horrible fight continues.

After the clip ends, the 'drunk' woman was reportedly dragged off the bus by other passengers before being arrested by police.

A customer service adviser, 21, from Brighton, who wished to remain anonymous, said that the woman was apparently drunk and turned 'nasty' towards other passengers.

The 'drunk' woman screams 'get off the f***king bus' before grabbing one of the girls' long hair and yanking her backwards (right)

They said: 'The drunk lady with red hair got on the bus and was obviously very drunk.

'She at first offered me some crisps and I thought she was quite innocent.

'But after a short while she turned quite nasty and started aggravating the two Eastern European women sat opposite by just randomly telling them to "f**k off".

'One thing led to another and out of nowhere she started make quite xenophobic statements towards them.

'She grabbed the short lady's hair and that's when all hell broke loose.

'They started to kick each other and then a big right hand was thrown by one of the Eastern European women.

'Everyone could obviously tell the drunk lady was the perpetrator and quickly went to get her off the bus. She refused and it ended with her being dragged off by two men holding each leg.'

The woman lies on the floor of the bus during the scuffle. After the clip ends, she was reportedly dragged off the bus by other passengers. Police are investigating the incident

The woman reportedly stood in front of the bus screaming at the driver before police turned up and arrested her.

Merseyside Police confirmed they are investigating reports of a racially aggravated assault.

A spokesman said: 'Officers were contacted at 4.45pm on Saturday 5th January to reports of a disturbance onboard the number 18 Arriva bus on West Derby Road/Belmont View in Anfield in which a 24-year-old woman was reportedly assaulted by another woman. The woman was not seriously injured.

'Enquiries are ongoing into the incident and a 52-year-old woman has been identified and will be asked to voluntarily attend at a police station to be questioned.'

Inspector John Whittingham said: 'I would appeal to anyone who was onboard the bus that day who hasn't already come forward to speak to us.