Shocking moment mid-air fight breaks out after ‘group of female passengers refused to keep quiet when lights dimmed'
Shocking footage shows several people wrestling in the middle of an Air Asia flight from Kuala Lumpur to China.
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The fight erupted after a father who was seated behind a row of three young women got furious when they carried on "talking loudly".
He asked them to be quiet, but the female passengers reportedly refused.
Tensions erupted when the dad shouted and said: "'Shut up... are you stupid? I want to sleep."
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 Air Asia cabin crew in the company's distinctive red dresses can be seen wrestling with those involved in the fight.
A female attendant screamed at them to sit back in their places as the scrap was finally brought under control.
A woman onboard the flight who recorded the video said the fist-fight began around mid-way through the journey.
She added: "We were sitting behind the row of women and listened to the quarrel.
"They were chatting too loudly while the lights were turned off, and the man in front asked them to be silent because he wanted to sleep.
"The mother of one of the women then joined in. The friends then went up to attack the man. There were two women fighting the male passenger."
Officials at the Airport Public Security Bureau of the Sichuan Provincial Public Security Department have now launched an investigation, the Daily Mail reports.
It comes after a bulky passenger wearing a "too busy doing nothing" top was dragged off the jet after demanding an aisle seat for his big frame.
The entitled passenger reportedly complained there was not enough room in his window seat on the Thai Lion Air flight taking off from Bangkok.
Meanwhile, a woman allegedly threatened to crash a plane in India during a row with cabin staff just days after the deadly Air India disaster.
Footage showed the passenger yelling at passengers and crew on board the flight.
Plus, a troublesome passenger was left bruised and shamed after starting a fight on a Frontier Airlines Flight.
While two angry passengers clashed over a reclined seat while on a busy flight to Bali.
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