'Just f*** off, get f****d': Holidaymaker handcuffed to seat on TUI flight amid 'obscene' outburst after sinking six double vodkas at the airport

A drunk holidaymaker who shouted vile abuse at cabin crew on an eight-hour flight from Mexico back to Manchester Airport has been jailed.

Two off-duty police officers on the TUI flight from Cancun were forced to step in to try to calm self-employed scaffolder Alexander Rogers, 40, who was subsequently handcuffed to a chair, a court was told. Rogers - who later told police he had six double vodkas before boarding - called one member of cabin crew an 'Arab b****'.

The court heard that after being handcuffed, he shouted: "You can't f******' cuff me. Black Lives Matter. I am not a terrorist. I am not a danger to the plane. I am not a terrorist."

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Rogers, from Rochdale, pushed the shoulder of another member of cabin crew and said to her: "Just f*** off. Get f*****"

A judge, who heard children and families were forced to move seats, called his behaviour 'quite appalling' and said everyone on board was a victim as they couldn't go anywhere at 36,000ft. The captain was even on the verge of diverting the plane, Manchester Crown Court was told on Thursday (November 7).

Keira Shaw, prosecuting, said Rogers, of Elizabeth Street in Castleton, was flying home in premium seats with his partner.

Around two hours into the flight, Ms Shaw said cabin crew became aware of an altercation between him and a passenger in front. Rogers was said to have kicked the back of the passenger's chair and put his feet through a gap between the chairs in front of him. He was also overheard to threaten to 'knock him out'.

The court heard Rogers was moved to the back of the plane, but screamed and shouted as he was taken. Other passengers had to be