Drunk passenger gets tasered after stripping naked after Malta holiday

A burly, tattooed 52-year-old man had to be tasered after he stripped naked on the tarmac at Manchester airport and challenged the captain to a fight.

The excitement a holiday to Malta can generate...
The excitement a holiday to Malta can generate...

The stripper, who has not been identified but spoke with a Manchester accent, also urinated on the side of the Terminal One building at Manchester Airport and was later tasered and arrested by police.

The passenger was on his way back on a flight from Malta.

Trouble reportedly first began mid-flight when the man became abusive and started swearing at fellow passengers and the captain left the cockpit controls to speak to him.

After being slapped following the plane's landing, he put his clothes back on before going to collect his baggage but police caught up with him.

They tried to control him but had to stun him using a "dry" Taser - where the gun is held against the target to cause shock and pain - when he refused to co-operate.

He was then arrested and given an on-the-spot fine.

A spokesman for Greater Manchester Police (GMP) said: "At 9.50am on Thursday September 26 2013, police were called to Terminal One arrivals of Manchester Airport following reports a man was drunk and being abusive to passengers on a flight from Malta.

"As he left the plane, he took his clothes off and urinated against a wall.

"A 52-year-old man was stunned using an electronic stun gun and arrested on suspicion of being drunk and disorderly in a public place. He was issued a fixed penalty notice." 

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Jason Xuereb
Airlines are extremely zealous in weighing every piece of luggage and checking all the dots and details of each passenger. Can they not use this zealousness to screen each boarding passenger for signs of drunkenness? If he was not drunk before boarding did he get drunk on board? Why on earth is alcohol sold in such confined spaces as an airplane where an out of control passenger can cause havoc???