Police raid Heathrow flight after passenger ‘tried to hit crew and open plane door’

An unruly passenger was escorted out of a plane after he reportedly tried to hit a flight attendant.

A routine flight from Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, to London Heathrow Airport turned into mayhem when a passenger had a meltdown.

While the incident didn’t cause any disruption to Heathrow operations, passengers on Saudia Airlines Flight SV119 were left ‘frightened.’

A passenger allegedly argued with a male flight attendant before trying to hit him, sources said.

The Boeing 737 Dreamliner landed at Heathrow shortly before 1pm on Thursday, and the emergency services surrounded it quickly, The Sun reports.

But before the plane had fully stopped, the unruly passenger tried to open the aircraft door.

A source told the outlet: ‘It was chaos on board and very frightening for families.

‘The plane had wheels down but a passenger was so agitated and struck out at the crew because he wanted to get off there and then.

‘It was crazy so close to reaching the aircraft stand.’

Met Police told The Sun that one man was arrested for endangering an aircraft.

Metro approached Saudia and the Met Police for a comment.

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