Man arrested on board Virgin Australia flight at Melbourne Airport
A man has been arrested on a Virgin Australia flight at Melbourne Airport.
The man was arrested by Australia Federal Police (AFP) officers before the flight had taken off on Tuesday.
WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Man arrested on Virgin flight in Melbourne.
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The man was reported for alleged aggressive and disruptive behaviour.
Video from the flight obtained by 7NEWS shows the man speaking with three officers — a man and two women — one of whom tells him: “You’re intoxicated, I can smell it.”
In another video, officers direct him to get off the flight.
“One more time or I get tasered,” the passenger can be heard repeating back to the male officer, who is holding a taser in his hand.
The male officer tells the passenger to get off the flight, and the passenger can then be heard complaining about paying $5000 for the flight.
“I’ve done nothing, man,” the passenger said.
“I’m gonna give you a stun with the Taser, are you ready for it,” the male officer then said.
“You need to get off the flight now.”
“What have I done?” the man asked.
The male officer then tells him again to get off the flight.
In a second video, the man is guided off the plane by the male officer, with the two female officers and a third woman in civilian clothes following them.
The AFP is investigating the incident.
