Passengers of a civilian transport plane experienced terrifying moments when a boxer, whom the media described as “crazy”, tried to open one of its doors while it was taking off.
And the British newspaper “The Sun” reported, on Monday, that the passenger who tried to open the door of the plane was a 27-year-old British boxer, but two of the plane’s passengers managed to control him, and later the authorities arrested him on the airport grounds after the plane stopped.
The plane belonged to the low-cost “Rain Air” company, on its way Friday evening from Zadar, Croatia, to Britain.
Video footage shows the boxer suddenly exiting his seat on the plane, before he entered into a fit of screaming against one of the hosts, and later he rushed towards the plane door quickly, asking the hosts to open it, which is prohibited and represents a huge danger if implemented.
It is not clear why the passenger was so angry.
And “The Sun” said that two of the passengers, whom it described as “heroes”, jumped from their seat to control the raging boxer, and knocked him to the ground.
According to information received, all this happened while the plane was on the runway in preparation for take-off.
The publisher of the video on social networks said that most of the passengers were participating in a festival in Croatia.
She added that the passenger who caused the problem on the plane was drunk and under the influence of anesthesia.
The Croatian city police said that a 27-year-old British citizen was arrested at the airport, while an investigation was opened into the incident.
The man faces charges of disturbing public order.
Several media reports stated that the man was a professional boxing professional, but his name was not published.