A drunk Doctor was tied to his seat by fellow passengers after he tried to open the emergency exit at 33,000ft.
Russian anesthetist Vadim Bondar was on the Aeroflot flight from Bangkok to Moscow.
The 43-year-old had been drinking rum on the ten-hour flight which is banned in economy class on this route.
The drunk doctor was then tied up to his seat by fellow passengers after he started troubling passengers and tried to open the emergency exit at 33,000ft.
The passengers tied him to his seat with a belt for four hours until the aircraft landed safely in Moscow.
One passenger said: ‘He had two bottles of alcohol on him and at some point tried to open an emergency exit.’
‘The crew and fellow passengers tried to calm him down, but he kept screaming and yelling.’
‘He cried when his arms and hands were bound. He kept sobbing and saying “My hands are tied, I can’t breathe”.’
Aeroflot spokeswoman Vera Abanina said: ‘The economy class passenger while quite obviously drunk was rudely violating public order.’
‘He was extremely aggressive, threatening and humiliating the flight attendants.’
‘He screamed and did everything to create maximum discomfort to other flight passengers.’
‘Two bottles of alcohol were found and confiscated from the passenger. He did not react to verbal and written warnings from the crew.’
‘Other passengers and the crew acted together and fixed the rule breaker in a seat using whatever means they managed to find until the end of the flight.’
Dr. Bondar later said that he was drinking ‘only to pass the time while the plane was going through turbulence’.
He told journalists: ‘First of all, there were no demands for hijacking anything. The belt was pushing into my jugular vein and larynx which made breathing very hard.’
‘Perhaps I asked the flight attendants too often for water. I was told to return to my seat in a rude manner.’
He apologized to passengers for ‘causing inconvenience’.