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Stephen Topping & Olivia Williams

Huge brawl breaks out onboard flight as arrests made on touchdown

Arrests were made following a huge brawl on a flight.

A number of passengers flying from Manchester Airport to Amsterdam onboard a KLM flight on Thursday, May 5 were involved in the shocking brawl. Other people urged them to "behave".

Crew members had to step in to stop the fight between two "unruly" groups of passengers KLM airline said, reports the Manchester Evening News. In a video which has been widely shared on Twitter, stunned passengers can be heard shouting "stop", "behave" and "this is an aircraft" while a man appears to be beaten.

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A group of men appear to take turns landing punches on the man while cabin crew members appear shocked and intervene. At the start of the video, a woman can be seen trying to stop the fight, while at another point a man sitting close to the brawl tries to pull one member of the group away.

A woman sat nearby later tries to split the crowd up, shouting "that is enough". At the end of the clip, the man appears to shout back at the group while being held by a member of staff.

The brawl breaks out on the flight (Twitter)

KLM says its cabin crew and captain "put an end" to the brawl, before everyone involved was arrested as they arrived at Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport. A spokesperson for KLM said: "[Yesterday] we had some unruly passengers on our KLM 1070 flight from Manchester to Amsterdam.

"The captain and cabin crew put an end to a brawl between two groups of passengers. All involved were arrested upon arrival at Schiphol Airport. No delay occurred. KLM does not tolerate aggression against employees or passengers.

"We apologise to our passengers who may have been affected by the incident."

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