Ryanair passenger threatened by cabin crew for urinating in a bottle mid-flight when toilets were broken.

Staff confronted the man after he was caught short on the three-hour flight from Leeds Bradford to Faro in Portugal when the loos went out of use, The Sun reports.

Witnesses claim the cabin crew were angry after some of the urine splashed on one of their jackets.

The incident was filmed by a friend and shows one of the members of staff pointing his finger and asking the man: “If I go and pee on your luggage, would you like it?”

Sue Francis, who was sitting opposite the man, told Sun Online the flight had been running late and people were put on the plane immediately after the previous passengers disembarked.

She said they were told the front toilet was out of use and as soon as the seatbelt sign went off dozens of people began queuing for the two rear toilets — before they all eventually stopped working.

Ryanair cabin crew were filmed asking the man: “If I go and pee on your luggage, would you like it?”Source:The Sun

Mrs Francis, from Ingleby Barwick, Stockton-on-Tees, said the young man couldn’t hold it in any longer and went to the front of the plane where the cabin crew sit for privacy.

She said he was relieving himself into the bottle when he was caught by a furious air hostess who ordered him to pay 90 euros ($135), claiming he had committed an “aviation offence”.

It sparked a huge row with more staff getting involved — and things got even more heated when one flight attendant realised the incident was being filmed.

The footage starts when a member of staff announces that people were going to be escorted one at a time to the only working toilet — after one was unblocked — and explained the others were out of bounds because “too many people have been flushing paper”.

A second member of staff then approaches the man, who did not want to be named, with some paperwork and says he needs to get his details.

But the passenger argues: “I did a little wee in a thing and then I stopped.”

The member of staff replies: “There was my jacket there.”

They then continue arguing before the man says: “I’ll give you my details but I don’t want him saying I’ve weed everywhere. I just did a little wee and she told me to stop so I stopped.”

Another member of staff then steps in and says: “You went for a ‘small wee’ — do you think you were correct?”

The man replies: “All of the toilets are out of bounds!”

One member of the cabin crew ordered him to pay a fine as it was an “aviation offence”.Source:The Sun

A friend, who was with the man, shouts: “He’s paid £150 ($261) to be on this f***ing flight.”

The staff member getting more agitated argues: “I don’t care how much he paid. There is all our stuff in there. If I go and pee on your luggage would you like? Would you like?”

He then storms off leaving the other flight attendant trying to take down the passenger’s details.

But a minute later he spots the man’s pal, Mark Byrne, filming the incident with his phone and attempts to grab it out of his hand, saying: “You cannot film this”.

Mr Byrne, who was part of the stag group the man was with, said it was an “absolute joke of a flight topped off with disgusting manners”.

He said staff were “agitated, aggressive and clearly p***ed off in their job” and described their behaviour as “appalling”.

Mrs Francis, who was travelling to Portugal for a surprise birthday treat from her husband, said she was forced to intervene after fearing someone was going to get hurt.

The 57-year-old said: “I was scared because I didn’t know how it was going to end — I’d never seen anything like it.

“The young lad was absolutely desperate for the toilet and he did the right thing by trying to do it out of people’s view.

“He got a bit on the floor and on the crew member’s jacket and the member of staff told him he had committed an aviation offence.

“They were trying to get him to fill in a form but he wasn’t willing to and things started to get more aggressive.

“Then another of the crew members realised it was being filmed and was trying to stop it.

“I don’t know where I got the bravery to do what I did but I thought I’m taking hold of this and I started telling them to calm down.

“It was just wrong.

“The crew member who caused the altercation in the first place stormed off to the back of the plane almost crying — I think because he realised it had all been filmed.”

A fellow passenger said the cabin crew took the incident “way out of order”.Source:The Sun

She said the man was told to clean up the urine and when he came back the captain had told him police were going to arrest him when we landed in Portugal.

Mrs Francis said: “I walked up to the steward and said, ‘you’ve taken this way out of order’, and she turned round and said, ‘he should’ve defecated in his seat’.

“She had been expecting him to be able to hold it in — but you can’t measure anyone else’s needs. So she just wanted him to do it in his pants.

“I just couldn’t believe it.”

Mrs Francis said that when the plane grounded she waited with the man while the rest of the flight emptied and four police officers got on board.

She said: “I explained that had the plane been serviced in the first place they would have known the toilets were faulty and none of this would have happened.”

Mr Byrne said his friend was spoken to by the officers but matters weren’t taken any further.

He said: “In the end I think even the officers knew it was a minor incident blown out of proportion and they let him off without caution.”

A Ryanair spokesman said: “The crew of this flight from Leeds Bradford to Faro requested police assistance upon landing after a passenger became disruptive in-flight.

“The aircraft landed normally and the passenger was removed and detained by police upon arrival.

“We will not tolerate unruly or disruptive behaviour at any time and the safety and comfort of our customers, crew and aircraft is our number one priority.

“This is now a matter for local police.”

This article originally appeared in The Sun and was republished here with permission.