A heavily drunk passenger was duct-taped to a seat after reportedly attempting to storm the cockpit mid-flight.
The man, who is in his 50s, allegedly became aggressive with the flight attendants when he demanded 'to have a word' with the captain on the S7 airline flight.
Passengers rushed to tackle the man and tied him to an empty seat in business class with sticky tape during the four-hour trip from Mineralnye Vody to Novosibirsk in Russia, according to Kurer-Sreda.
Video footage shows the man swearing and hurling abuse at the crew and other airline passengers.
When the Airbus 320 landed in Novosibirsk, Siberia's largest city, police boarded the airliner - a partner of British Airways in the Oneworld alliance - and arrested the man for violating public order.
He was locked up in a cell pending investigation.
A spokesperson for the Interior Ministry said: "Officers brought the man to the police station but he continued his wild behaviour.
"He verbally abused the duty policemen and tried to attack them."
A criminal probe into hooliganism in the air was launched and the offender faces up to five years in jail.
Police say the man was heavily intoxicated before boarding the flight.
One witness said he acted like a "wild bear" in the plane.
During footage shot in the police station, the man is shown pleading with officers and asking the “boys and girls” to free him.
“I’m nice with you, so act in a different way,” he begged.
A policewoman tells him: "Of course you were nice. You have crashed half of the police station here."
He replied: “I remember nothing, absolutely nothing.”
The case has led to a call from Russia’s lawyer’s leader for plastic handcuffs to be issued to crew on all flights to handle air rage incidents.
Igor Trunov, president of the Lawyers Union of Russia, said: “These are quite soft handcuffs but you cannot tear them off.
“We have first aid kit for emergencies.
“We should also have special equipment for situations when such hooligans are rushing to get to the pilots.”
