Man held for storming cockpit on Cape Town flight

A British man has been arrested after storming the cockpit on a flight from South Africa.

A spokesperson for South African Airways (SAA) said the 35-year-old man had tried to shoulder-barge the cockpit door of a Boeing 747 six hours into the flight from Cape Town to London.

"Passengers and crew overpowered him. A doctor examined him and reported that he was on habit-forming narcotics and had suffered panic attacks or withdrawal symptoms," he said.

The man was handcuffed and was handed over to British police on arrival at Heathrow early this morning.

AFP