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During a Boxing Day flight from Durban to Cape Town, an unruly passenger was handcuffed and restrained after a mid-air upset over the drinks service.
Video footage, filmed by other passengers on the FlySafair trip, shows the woman stoushing with flight attendants and demanding to be served a drink.
In one clip, the belligerent woman is upright in the aisle and at one point she tries to move a flight attendant away by pulling her head to one side.
Video footage, filmed by other passengers on the FlySafair trip, shows the woman stoushing with flight attendants and demanding to be served a drink. (@MzansiWilding/Screenshot)
In another, she is seated, and attendants attempt to handcuff her.
FlySafair spokesperson Kirby Gorden said that woman was handed over to police when the plane landed in Cape Town.
He said the woman was successfully restrained with the help of other passengers.
Video footage, filmed by other passengers on the FlySafair trip, shows the woman stoushing with flight attendants and demanding to be served a drink. (@MzansiWilding/Screenshot)
During a Boxing Day flight from Durban to Cape Town an unruly passenger was handcuffed and restrained after a mid-air upset over the drinks service. (@MzansiWilding/Screenshot)
"We condemn any behaviour of this nature. Flight attendants have a primary duty as safety officers and interfering with their duties is a criminal offence. This passenger will be placed on our no-fly list and will not be welcome on future FlySafair flights," he said.
"After the police get involved [in] matters like this, they manage the situation and we don't get insight into what transpires," Gordon added.
