A passenger has said he “felt like an animal”, after being tasered and dragged off a flight by police.
Bolic Bet Malou was travelling with his wife and one-year-old son on a Jetstar flight from Perth to Melbourne when the incident occurred on 18 March.
During the check-in process, the family were told they’d be travelling on a smaller plane than the aircraft originally scheduled.
Mr Malou alleges that after sitting with his wife and son during boarding, a flight attendant said he was in the wrong seat.
After initially agreeing it was fine for Mr Malou to remain in this seat, the flight attendant later returned and asked that he move.
Mr Malou was then seen by other passengers explaining the situation to crew members, but it is alleged that the discussion quickly “escalated”.
Australian Federal Police officers subsequently boarded the plane and used a taser on Mr Malou, after trying to remove him from the flight.
In a video obtained by 9 News, Mr Malou is heard being told by officers: “Stop resisting”.
Passenger dragged off plane and arrested by police
The passenger is seen screaming as the taser is used on him, and placed in a headlock in front of his wife and son.
“You’ve failed to comply with aircraft instructions. I need you to come with me right now,” one of the AFP officers is heard saying.
Mr Malou later told 9 News’ Today programme the flight attendant “never told me the policies of the plane”, and that “had she told me the policies I would have followed the policy.”
“I was tasered and carried out of the place,” he said to the Sydney Morning Herald.
“I felt like an animal, it doesn’t feel great in front of your one-year-old son.”
Fellow passengerJaeris Vansson told 9 News: “At no stage was he being physically or verbally aggressive towards anyone.
“It just escalated so fast. It went from like just this argument with staff to this guy screaming at the top of his lungs being tasered.
“It was very violent and very sudden. Even I was shaking.”
Another passenger, named Jordan, also told the Today show: “I think it got completely blown out of proportion,” adding that Mr Malou was being “quite reasonable.”
Mr Malou has been charged with assaulting a police officer, obstructing a public officer and disorderly behaviour in a public place. He could now face up to seven years in prison for all…
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