Man restrained by crew on Perth to Sydney flight after drink refusal

A man on board a Perth flight bound for Sydney had to be restrained by passengers and crew after he became aggressive when flight attendants refused him drink service. The 45-year-old man was travelling on a Qantas flight on Sunday morning when the incident occurred. Passenger Simon Bowen, who was escorting a group of Hale School students to a cricket tournament in Sydney, said the "abusive" and "violent" incident started about half an hour into the four-hour journey. "He sparked off a little bit of a loud request for a drink which went denied... there was a bit of abuse towards the air hostesses," he said. "It erupted in a bit of violence and a bit of fists being thrown towards people and a couple of nearby fellows managed to just get a handle on [him].” Bowen said the man was restrained with elastic handcuffs for the remainder of the flight.<br/>