Air France flight makes emergency landing after rowdy passenger attacks flight attendant

An Air France flight was forced to make an emergency landing after a rowdy passenger yelled comments about Jesus and appeared to attack a flight attendant.

Footage has been released of the irate Indian passenger on the journey from Ghana to New Delhi via Paris on Friday evening. 

The video was recorded by a fellow passenger and shows a maskless man – who has not been identified – dressed in a white shirt in a confrontation with another passenger.

An Air France flight was to make emergency landing after a rowdy passenger yelled comments about Jesus and appeared to attack a flight attendant

The man can be heard shouting ‘the Hindu has awakened’ and raising his hand in the air repeatedly while a male flight attendant tries to calm him down.

‘Modi is calling them,’ he shouts, adding, ‘don’t dare to touch, Modi,’ before making lewd comments about Jesus, including, ‘Jesus ko jana hoga’ which roughly translates to ‘Jesus has to go.’

Ivailo Angelov, an official at the National Investigation Agency said the passenger began to act up soon after take-off, arguing with other passengers, assaulting a flight attendant and hitting the cockpit’s door.

Other passengers can be seen wearing face masks while the man does not.

Some passengers can be heard shouting at the man and questioning his behaviour, with one woman asking him: ‘What the f*** is wrong with you?’

Other passengers can be seen wearing face masks while the man causing the disruption does not

Footage has been released of the journey from Ghana to New Delhi via Paris on Friday evening

The rowdy passenger is then ushered away from his seat by the male flight attendant towards an exit door

The rowdy passenger is then ushered away from his seat by the male flight attendant towards an exit door, where another male passenger can be seen grabbing hold of him and trying to calm him down.

However, the man appears to be unfazed and even tries to hit the flight attendant while continuing to shout at his fellow passenger – and then begins banging on the cockpit door.

He tells the flight attendant that he will ‘kick his a**’ while charging at him.

As shocked passengers watch on, a flight attendant can be heard over the PA system asking everyone to remain seated

The incident unfolded soon after the flight took off from Paris and the plane was subsequently forced to make an emergency landing in Bulgaria

As shocked passengers watch on, a flight attendant can be heard over the PA system asking everyone to remain seated.

The incident unfolded soon after the flight took off from Paris and the plane was subsequently forced to make an emergency landing in Bulgaria.

The passenger, who is reportedly a staunch follower of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, was later detained for 72 hours at Bulgaria’s Sofia Airport after being removed from the aircraft.

He has been charged with endangering flight safety and if convicted faces up to 10 years in prison. 

Angelov told reporters: ‘We are investigating both his actions and his motives.

‘There is no reasonable explanation for his behaviour.’