A man snuck through security at Gatwick Airport and tried to get on a plane heading for Spain, according to reports.
William Jonzi, 24, was then reportedly wrestled to the floor by passengers before being arrested last Wednesday morning.
Jonzi is said to have tailgated a paying traveller through e-gates at South Terminal before attempting to board a Tui flight to Palma de Mallorca at 6am.
Jimmy McBride told The Sun he grabbed Jonzi and forced him down in front of terrified children and families after spotting him acting erratically.
Mr McBride, a father living in Sussex, claimed “something was off” as Jonzi allegedly shouted “I’ve got to get on the plane”.
He said: “I grabbed him as he got two feet on the plane. He was trying to get on and get towards the passengers.
“He tried to come on with another woman and pretended her pram was his.
“The cabin crew had told him he wasn’t coming on the flight. When he tried to get on, they told him, ‘Sir, we’ve told you, you can’t come on.’

“I caught him and got him to the ground, but the crew thought it was a fight and told me to get off him, as if I was beating him up for no reason.”
Fellow passenger Dayna White, 29, alleged: “It was a bit concerning.
“It’s my first holiday with my child, so it wasn’t a good experience.
“We’re going to put a complaint in. He had been loitering around, so it’s hardly as if it was a shock that he’d try to get on that plane.”
Jonzi, of Surrey Street, Croydon, appeared at Crawley Magistrates’ Court last Thursday and pleaded guilty to entering the protected security area of an airport without permission.
He was fined £120 and ordered to pay £85 in costs.
A Gatwick spokesman said it was a matter for Sussex Police, who told the Standard: “Police received a report of a security breach in the South Terminal at London Gatwick on May 28.
“We can confirm that William Jonzi was arrested and charged with entering a restricted area of an aerodrome in breach of permission to enter.
“The 24-year-old, of Surrey Street, Croydon, appeared before Crawley Magistrates' Court on May 29 and was fined £120, with £85 costs and a £48 surcharge.”