A man has been charged by Australian Federal Police after he was removed him from a Jetstar flight for allegedly being "disruptive and verbally abusive".
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The 25-year-old has been charged with endangering the safety of an aircraft over the incident on the Sydney to Gold Coast flight on September 16.
The AFP officers were called to reports of a male passenger allegedly being disruptive on a plane prior to take-off at Sydney Airport.
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The incident was filmed by a passenger seated in the row behind and posted on TikTok.
Two officers can be seen approaching the man and asking him to leave.
"I'm not doing anything it's this lady's fault, I've done absolutely nothing... she's been taking footage of me for no reason," he can be heard saying in the video.
"I'm not going anywhere I've got work in f****** six hours down at the Gold Coast."
After he again refuses the officers are seen dragging him out of his seat as he tells them "get your hands off me".
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In a statement Jetstar said the safety of its customers and crew were its top priority and it had zero tolerance for the behaviour shown.
"Our crew requested the assistance of the [AFP] after they reported a passenger becoming increasingly disruptive and verbally abusive towards other customers prior to the departure of a flight from Sydney to the Gold Coast," the statement said.
The man is due to appear in court in October.