A commercial flight made an unscheduled landing after a passenger tried to force his way into the cockpit, telling fellow travellers he wanted to fly the plane .
The incident happened just minutes after take-off, with dramatic footage from the aeroplane cabin showing the moment the apparently disturbed young man was subdued by other passengers and flight crew.
Shocked passengers watched as he then made a dash down the aisle and charged towards the cockpit doors in a violent attempt to enter the restricted area.
Reports said the scare occurred on China Southern Airlines Flight CZ 8367 which left the city of Wuhan, capital of Central China’s Hubei Province, bound for Harbin, capital of China’s north-eastern Heilongjiang Province.