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Kelly-Ann Mills

Plane passengers stunned as man lights CIGARETTE on board packed flight

A man has been filmed lighting a cigarette in the middle of a packed plane.

Shocked passengers on board the Spirit Airlines flight to Minnesota, US, watched as the man took started to smoke, before closing his eyes and settling back into his chair.

A woman in the same row as the smoker said his behaviour appeared so concerning she started filming him on the flight at around 8.30am on May 21.

She said: "I saw him take the cigarettes and lighter out of his pocket.

"I pulled out my phone and started to record as he lit the cigarette.

The man pulled out his lighter (ViralHog)
Then started to smoke on the plane (ViralHog)

"The man across from us became nervous and flagged the attendant down as I recorded."

As the footage shows, a man in the clip presses his call button to alert the cabin crew.

When a worker arrives, he takes the lit cigarette away from the man, putting it out on the tray, while sternly telling the passenger it is against the law to smoke on planes.

Other passengers looked concerned (ViralHog)
A member of the cabin crew put the cigarette out (ViralHog)

The man appeared confused and grabbed his head.

The crew member then demanded to see his boarding pass, which was handed over and not returned.

On arrival in Minnesota, witnesses say the man was arrested by police and taken off the plane first.

It is not known if he was charged.

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