Wild moment easyJet passengers pin down man who yelled ‘I've got a bomb' on board UK flight as cops swarm plane
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THIS is the moment brave passengers banded together to tackle a man shouting that he had a bomb during an easyJet flight - before claiming he wanted to "send a message" to Donald Trump.
The dramatic incident on Sunday morning (July 27) - caught on film and sent to The Sun - saw the packed jet forced into an emergency landing at Glasgow Airport.
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The man was pinned down by other passengers
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They held him on the ground during the emergency landing
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He was hauled off the aircraft in handcuffs
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The offender was then cuffed and hauled off the aircraft by around half a dozen cops, with panicked passengers left in tears.
In the video, he can be heard saying: "I wanted to send a message to Trump... he's in Scotland."
The US president is currently on a visit to the country and has been spotted playing golf over the weekend.
'I've got a bomb'
A witness said he woke up suddenly around 8am, under an hour after taking off from Luton, to the man coming out of the toilets at the back of the plane causing a commotion.
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The passenger - who did not wish to be named - told us: 'He literally came out of the toilet shouting 'Allahu Akbar' with his hands above his head.
'Then he said 'I've got a bomb, I've got a bomb' - at this point people were confused.
'I thought he was joking, I mean it's a weird joke.'
The 39-year-old - who was flying into the Scottish city for his dad's birthday party - went on to say: 'He pushed the airline staff and was being aggressive towards them. He was a big guy, about six foot and they were these petite women.
'When he pushed them, that's when things changed.
'At that point one guy managed to grab him from behind and pull him down, then everyone jumped on top of him.
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'He was fighting a bit on the floor, but at this point he knew he'd f***** up.'
He described how three passengers pinned the man down, adding: 'I was right there, there wasn't much for me to do, so I thought I'll film it.'
The footage includes the flight attendants clambering over the seats in their high heels, as they went to check the man's bag, and 'realised there wasn't a bomb', the witness said.
'The pilot announced he was making an emergency landing and took the plane down so quickly," he continued.
'Everyone who wasn't restraining him was told to sit down. The three guys pinning him down, they landed whilst pinning him down. It was incredible.
"I've never seen that before. The airline staff, they were all girls, they were really shaken up by it, but they were super professional.'
He added: 'Some of the passengers were crying because they were shaken up. It was just a bit surreal.'
He said they had managed to get the man's wallet out of his pocket and he appeared to be an Indian national, and he was told he was carrying a refugee status card.
As the plane came into land, the witness said he held up one of the passengers sat on the 'bomber' to prevent him toppling over.
He said passengers feared they'd have to land elsewhere but actually came down at Glasgow, the flight's original destination, and 'taxied really quickly and then slammed on the brakes at a remote part of the runway'.
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Flight attendants clambered over the seats in their high heels
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The easyJet aircraft came into land at a remote part of Glasgow Airport
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The plane was then surrounded by cops and fire crews
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Fire engines then swarmed the scene before six police officers came on board the plane from the back.
The witness explained: 'The main copper didn't f*** around, he said 'look, don't mess about or you'll go straight down'. By this point the guy had calmed down. He'd admitted he didn't have a bomb. He gave up.
'We waited there on the runway for about 10 minutes, the guys still pinning him, waiting for the police - it wasn't very long but it felt like ages.'
The witness, from London, and others involved were asked to stay behind to give statements and hand over video, while the other passengers were taken off the plane.
In one piece of footage, as the offender is led out of the plane in handcuffs, he turns back and asks "my phone and wallet?" and someone can be heard saying "f*** off" before several passengers laugh.
A Police Scotland spokesperson said: 'We received a report of a man causing a disturbance on a flight arriving in Glasgow around 8.20am on Sunday, 27 July, 2025.
'A 41-year-old man was arrested in connection and further enquiries are ongoing.'
An easyJet spokesperson said: "Flight EZY609 from Luton to Glasgow this morning was met by police on arrival in Glasgow, where they boarded the aircraft and removed a passenger due to their behaviour onboard.
"easyJet's crew are trained to assess all situations and act quickly and appropriately to ensure that the safety of the flight and other customers is not compromised at any time.
"The safety and wellbeing of our customers and crew is always easyJet's highest priority."
Do you know more? Email ryan.merrifield@thesun.co.uk
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The man told passengers he wanted to 'send a message' to Donald Trump
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