Ryanair crew had to restrain an "unruly" passenger with additional seat belts after he defied orders to remain seated during the plane's landing, according to witnesses. The disruption occurred on the Manchester to Rhodes flight. He was reportedly yelling at the cabin crew, who had taken away two bottles of alcohol from him and declined to serve him more drinks, as per eyewitness accounts.

At one point, the man broke free from his restraints, leading the pilot to cancel the initial landing attempt, circle back, and try again. Upon the aircraft's eventual landing on April 3, Rhodes police boarded the plane to remove the troublesome individual.

Footage from the scene shows staff and passengers surrounding the man, with a crew member heard firmly instructing: "Sit down, now", followed by police officers escorting him down the aisle post-landing.

Emily, aged 26, was present during the incident and managed to record the commotion.

She said: "The flight was going completely fine until the cabin crew came up to me and my partner at the front of the plane and asked us if we were travelling together and if we could be separated because a little girl needed to come down to the front of plane with her dad because a man was being disruptive.

"We were together so they asked someone else instead who moved and that's when I got made aware of this guy being really disruptive at the back of the plane.

"The crew had to get two spare seatbelts and tried pinning him down on the seat.

"He got out of the seat again. Staff were shouting at him, telling him to sit down and he was squaring up to staff.

"He had already had two bottles of alcohol confiscated off him."

She further explained that the flight crew had issued a warning over the intercom, stating that anyone found consuming Duty Free alcohol before the flight would face police action upon landing unless they stowed it away, in which case no further action would be taken.

Emily recounted: "As we were supposed to come down to land I could hear cabin crew shout at him to sit down.

"We had to go back up to circle the island until he would sit down again which was quite scary.

"Once we had landed we all had to stay put while police came up to take him off. He got taken off on his own. It was eventful."

A Ryanair spokesperson stated: "The crew of this flight from Manchester to Rhodes on April 3 called ahead for police assistance after a passenger became disruptive onboard. The aircraft was met by local police upon arrival at Rhodes Airport and this passenger was removed.

"Ryanair has a strict zero tolerance policy towards passenger misconduct and will continue to take decisive action to combat unruly passenger behaviour, ensuring that all passengers and crew travel in a safe and respectful environment, without unnecessary disruption.

"This is a matter for local police."