Story By: Anastasia Smirnova, Sub-Editor:  Joseph Golder, Agency: Central European News

This is the moment plane passengers team up with cops to remove a rowdy man said to be drunk.

The incident took place aboard a SkyUp plane operating from the city of Lviv in western Ukraine to the capital city of Kiev located in the north of the country.

Onlooker Pavel Fishchuk, who filmed the footage, claims that the conflict began between a group of reportedly alcohol-fuelled men and other passengers at check-in.

The confrontation reportedly continued on board the plane before two of the men left the aircraft on the orders of the police.

However, the third man, seen in this clip, stayed aboard and allegedly continued wreaking havoc.

Fishchuk told local media: “Fellow passengers had to push him out of the plane.”

The video shows an apparently drunk middle-aged man arguing with a number of people from his seat.

In the clip, some passengers can be heard telling him: “Be a man, get up and leave…Or we will take you out of here.”

However, he refuses and the altercation descends into a mini-brawl between the man and other passengers before he is finally escorted off by cops.

According to local media, the flight was delayed for two and a half hours as a result of the fracas.

Netizen ‘Otamar’ said: “I think there was absolutely no reason to start a fight. It is a normal situation, things like that happen all over the world.”

And ‘Polianna M’ added: “Beating was unnecessary. It is unfair to team up as a group against one.”

It is unclear where the man was taken following his arrest and what charges, if any, he may be facing.

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