Mobile phone footage has captured police taking a Ryanair passenger off of a plane after he was found smoking on the aircraft.
The unnamed man was hauled off the plane when it landed at Manchester Airport after returning from Palma.
Other passengers looked on as the tourist, who was wearing a grey T-shirt, shorts and a baseball cap, was taken to the runway by two officers.
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The cabin crew then told the other passengers they were free to leave the aircraft after the man had been escorted off.
"I was really pleased because they'd named and shamed the person. If you're willing to have a smoke and put 180 souls on board lives at risk, then you should be named and shamed," one dad who was on the flight told MEN.
"It (the man smoking) was literally about 20 minutes after take-off.
"One of the flight attendants could smell smoke coming from the toilet. They took all his details and then announced it to the whole plane."
He added that the man allegedly smoking looked "relatively calm" but that the rest of the flight had been left "on edge".
"There were a few people not happy on that plane, I'll tell you," he said, adding that there were a number of families on the aircraft.
"I was with my two daughters who are seven and 10. They were pretty frightened."
The passenger added that Ryanair's cabin crew were "fantastic" in how they handled the incident.
A spokesperson for Ryanair said: "The crew of this flight from Palma to Manchester (May 30) called ahead for police assistance after a passenger was found smoking onboard.
"The passenger was removed from the aircraft by local police upon landing at Manchester Airport." It's understood the passenger was not arrested as Ryanair did not pursue prosecution.
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