Drunk passenger yelled 'where the f**k is my passport?' before being escorted off Ryanair flight in handcuffs

A holidaymaker went on a drunken rampage aboard a passenger jet waiting at Manchester Airport after downing shots in an airport departure lounge during a seven hour flight delay.

Darren Gill, from West Yorkshire, was escorted off his Ryanair flight by armed police after he heckled cabin crew during an inflight safety demonstration, Manchester Magistrates Court heard.

The 34-year-old construction worker accused officers of ''ruining his holiday'' when they were called to eject him from the plane after he subjected passengers to a foul-mouthed tirade of abuse aimed at his partner, who was sat at the back of the plane.

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He told her: ''Where the f**k is my passport?” then told officers: ''Why am I being taken off? - I’m not even drunk.” After attempts to calm him down failed he then had to be handcuffed after struggling violently and headbutting a steel post as he was led away.

By the time Gill, from Keighley, sobered up in the cells he could barely recall the incident.

At Manchester magistrates court, Gill, of Bolling Hall Road, Bradford, admitted being drunk on an aircraft and was fined £459 with a £184 victim surcharge and £85 costs.

The incident occurred on July 26 last year after Gill and his wife and their young son were due to fly from Manchester Airport to Santander in Spain.

Megan Edwards, prosecuting, said: “Fully armed specialist officers were called to Gate 3 in Manchester Airport’s Terminal 3 in response to reports of a drunken passenger refusing to listen to airline staff and being generally abusive."

She told the court how Gill had shouted “Where the f**k is my passport” across the whole plane to his wife sitting at the back before