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An easyJet flight was forced to make an emergency landing after a passenger punched a stewardess to the floor because he was ‘waiting too long for a sandwich’.

The flight, travelling from Geneva to Pristina in Kosovo this morning, landed in Rome where the man was arrested.

Witnesses told the Daily Mail the man could be heard shouting “I’ve been waiting for hours, I’m hungry.”

Another traveller said: “He shouted at the stewardess, then he stood up and punched her and when she fell to the floor, he carried on hitting her.”

Other passengers on-board the plane rushed over to restrain the man as the journey was diverted to Fumincino airport.

The stewardess was given medical treatment at the scene and her glasses were broken during the attack.

She later told Swiss news website 20 Minutes: “I was totally shocked. I can’t understand how anyone could react so violently over a sandwich.”

EasyJet said 180 passengers were taken onto Pristina on a separate flight later in the afternoon.

A spokeswoman said: "EasyJet can confirm that flight EZS1483 from Geneva to Pristina on 31 March diverted to Rome as a result of a passenger onboard behaving in a disruptive manner.



"The aircraft was met by the police on arrival in Rome and the passenger was arrested.

“The safety and wellbeing of passengers and crew is always easyJet's priority.

“Whilst such incidents are rare we take them very seriously, do not tolerate abusive or threatening behaviour onboard and always push for prosecution.”