A booze-fuelled row between two holidaymakers ended in one of them chucking a huge wad of cash at the other as police escorted them off a plane.
The man and woman, who wore matching grey tracksuits, started arguing five hours into a flight from Heathrow to Bangkok on Saturday, passengers say.
The woman eventually moved to another seat in a higher class but refused to pay for the upgrade cost, according to flight operator Eva Air.
The man then joined in the ‘disorderly behaviour’ and started vaping near the back of the cabin.
‘Our flight attendants took quick action to stop these passengers but encountered inappropriate insults and physical abuse,’ an Eva Air spokesperson said.
‘After seeking the assistance from eight other passengers, these two unruly passengers were successfully restrained.’
Andy Singh, a 63-year-old granddad who was going on Holiday to Thailand, said the man had to be gaffer-taped to his seat by a group of ‘seven or eight big people’.
He was kept there for three house while the plane was diverted to Vienna for ‘staff safety and the passengers’ safety’.
The pair were escorted off the plane by Austrian police upon landing, with footage showing officers addressing them on the runway.
They said: ‘They kept talking about money, he would say “she’s got my £5,000 in her bag”.
‘The police took the lady first. He decided after a couple of minutes on the tarmac to grab the bag from the lady, but the lady just threw all £5,000.’
The footage shows the male passenger and an officer stooped on the ground trying to pick up banknotes strewn across the tarmac.
The rest of the passengers had to stay in a hotel in Vienna overnight and their replacement flight did not set off again until 5.30pm the next day.
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