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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
National
Lottie Gibbons

Passenger performs 'Nazi salute' on flight to Liverpool and shouts racist slur

A young man allegedly performed a Nazi salute and used racist language towards passengers on board a plane heading to Liverpool Airport.

Staff on the Wizz Air flight from Warsaw to John Lennon Airport were reportedly subject to verbal abuse when the male passenger became 'aggressive and offensive'.

According to the MailOnline , the man had been drinking before venting nonsensically about race.

In a video, the man can be heard shouting a number of phrases associated with Nazism.

Police escorted the man off the plane (Manchester Evening News)

Prior to this, he was filmed holding out his arm in the style of a Nazi salute before using a racist slur.

Upon arriving at John Lennon Airport, the man was led off the plane by two police officers as fellow passengers applauded his removal.

A spokesperson for Wizz Air told the ECHO: "On a Wizz Air flight from Warsaw to Liverpool, a passenger became aggressive and offensive towards cabin crew and other passengers.

"The cabin crew handled the situation as they are trained to do and reported the passenger’s behaviour to the police.

"At Wizz Air, the safety of our passengers and crew is our top priority and we have a zero tolerance policy towards abusive behaviour of any kind.

"This is now a matter for the police."

Merseyside Police were approached for comment.

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