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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">A 26-year-old man is arrested and taken to hospital after becoming "out of control" on a Virgin Atlantic jet heading to Heathrow.</span></div>
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<span class="last-updated__day" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Monday 11</span> <span class="last-updated__month-year" style="box-sizing: border-box;">August 2014</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">A London-bound plane was forced to return to Hong Kong after a passenger became "disruptive".</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The 26-year-old man, identified only as "Robert", was on a Virgin Atlantic flight bound for Heathrow when staff raised the alarm.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Flight VS201 had been in the air for 90 minutes when the pilot turned the jet around.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">A Hong Kong police spokesman said: "The foreign man called Robert, who is 26 years old, lost control on board and didn't follow instructions from staff on the flight.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"He was shouting ... when the flight returned to Hong Kong, the man was arrested for violating aviation security ordinance and was sent to Princess Margaret Hospital."</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">A passenger, who claimed to be on the flight, said the man had to be restrained with belts during the incident.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Katie Wong wrote on Facebook: "He just gone out of control. Talk loud and walking [around] ...</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"The crew ended up put him down temporarily with an injection (we guess) and tied him up with belts."</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Passengers were offered accommodation in Hong Kong and were due to fly out again on Monday evening.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">A spokeswoman for Virgin Atlantic said: "We can confirm that due to a disruptive passenger flight VS201 to London Heathrow returned to Hong Kong and was met by authorities on arrival.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Virgin Atlantic does not tolerate disruptive behaviour by passengers on board and the safety and welfare of our passengers and crew is the airline’s top priority."</span></div>
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