Hero father restrains woman who stripped to her underwear and tried to storm plane cockpit

Hero father-of-three, 35, restrains woman claiming to have explosives who stripped to her underwear and tried to storm plane cockpit shouting ‘Allahu Akbar’ on Jet2 flight from Cyprus to Manchester

  • Phillip O’Brien was a passenger on the Lanarca flight which was diverted to Paris
  • Unidentified woman, in her 30s, told people her parents were members of ISIS
  • Drainage firm boss says the woman suggested she had explosives on board
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A hero-father-of-three restrained a woman who stripped to her underwear and ran through a Manchester-bound plane naked before trying to storm the cockpit twice while shouting ‘Allahu Akbar’. 

Phillip O’Brien, 35, was a passenger on the Jet2 flight from Lanarca, Cyprus to Manchester on Tuesday 9 August when a woman, in her 30s, caused the panicked scene shortly after take-off.

The woman seemed to suggest she had explosives on board with her, and also asked the children she was with if they were ‘ready to die’.

She also told the terrified passengers and staff that her parents were members of terror group ISIS.

Mr O’Brien, a drainage firm boss, was on board six of his family members, including his wife and three children aged eight to 14.

He said everyone was ‘sh*****g themselves’, but while watching the scene unfold, he asked staff why no one was putting her to the floor before putting himself forward to help. 

A woman (pictured, muzzed) stripped to her underwear and ran through a Lanarca, Cyprus to Manchester Jet2 plane naked before trying to storm the cockpit twice while shouting 'Allahu Akbar' on Tuesday morning

A woman (pictured, muzzed) stripped to her underwear and ran through a Lanarca, Cyprus to Manchester Jet2 plane naked before trying to storm the cockpit twice while shouting ‘Allahu Akbar’ on Tuesday morning

The woman (pictured, muzzed) allegedly had explosives on board with her, and also asked the children she was with if they were 'ready to die'. She also told the terrified passengers and staff that her parents were members of terror group ISIS

The woman (pictured, muzzed) allegedly had explosives on board with her, and also asked the children she was with if they were ‘ready to die’. She also told the terrified passengers and staff that her parents were members of terror group ISIS

The 35-year-old, who worked in security as a teenager, told The Mirror: ‘So when the woman went to the cockpit again i took control, took her to the ground and at that point the pilot did an emergency landing to Paris.

Mr O ‘Brien said he asked the woman why she was saying such things and he claimed she replied: ‘If I didn’t there’s going to be an explosion and everybody is going to die.’ 

The publication reports that the flight was diverted to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport early Tuesday morning so that a ‘disruptive passenger’ could be ‘offloaded’.

The flight was diverted to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport early Tuesday morning so that a 'disruptive passenger' could be 'offloaded' (file photo)

The flight was diverted to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport early Tuesday morning so that a ‘disruptive passenger’ could be ‘offloaded’ (file photo)

Footage shared on social media shows a chaotic scene with at least two French police officers appearing to arrest or restrain a woman, wearing a black cap and red top.

The caption of the clip reads: ‘Jet2 Cirque De Soleil – Mad woman ran down aisle mid-slight half naked half p****d herself and fainted.’

Jet2 have been contacted by MailOnline for comment.

source: dailymail.co.uk