Moment Jet2 passenger is dragged off nightmare flight in horror video

Footage captured the moment a "disruptive" aircraft passenger was dragged off a Jet2 flight at Manchester Airport by police officers.

The video showed a man being led off the aeroplane by a minimum of three officers. The man, who had his hood over his head, looked to have his hands behind his back as he was taken off the passenger craft.

Fellow passengers watched on in horror as the incident took place. The departure on August 29 of the LS921 flight for Dalaman in Turkey was delayed by more than two hours, as local police were forced to intervene over the "particularly disruptive passenger".

It is not yet known whether or not the man was arrested or why he was removed from the flight.

The airline, Jet2, thanked police and the cabin crew for their handling of the ordeal and apologised to other customers for the delay. The flight, which was initially set to jet off at 4.15pm, eventually took off at 6.30pm.

Jet2 made clear that it takes a "zero tolerance approach" to "disruptive behaviour", as reported by the Manchester Evening News.

A spokesperson for the airline said: "We can confirm that flight LS921 returned to stand earlier today (Thursday 29th August) so that police could offload a particularly disruptive passenger.

"We would like to thank the police and our crew for their handling of this matter. The flight departed after the passenger was removed and we would like to apologise to customers for the delay, as well as for any upset caused.

"As a family friendly airline, we take a zero tolerance approach to disruptive passenger behaviour."