This is the dramatic moment a mid-air brawl broke out among passengers after a group of women refused to stop making noise while the lights were dimmed.
Budget airline Air Asia departed Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on Monday evening at 6 pm before those onboard settled down on the four-hour flight to China.
But a father who was seated behind a row of three young women was furious when they carried on ‘talking loudly’. He asked them to be quiet, only for them to refuse.
But tensions erupted after the man reportedly called the women ‘stupid’ and told them to ‘shut up’.
Footage shows a woman in a green outfit and baseball cap leaning across the seat while repeatedly throwing punches at the man, who cowered beneath the food tray.
Desperate cabin crew members can be seen wrestling with those involved in the scuffle, while emergency lights are seen flashing.
A woman onboard the flight who recorded the video said the fist-fight began around mid-way through the journey.