A RYANAIR flight was forced to be delayed by 40 minutes after a drunk young man reportedly removed his trousers before he was escorted from the plane by cops.

       The bizarre incident happened on Monday during an afternoon flight from Alicante to Dublin.

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       The Ryanair flight was delayed by 40 minutes Credit: AFP

       According to passengers the man who "seemed to be intoxicated" refused to put his trousers back on when asked by the cabin crew and even became "abusive".

       He reportedly also caused a scene when he was asked to put his bag of duty free bottles in an overhead locker saying "they were his presents".

       A passenger who was travelling with his wife but was not sitting together described what she told him about the incident.

       He told the Irish Mirror: "Nobody noticed anything when he got on, he didn't seem too bad but when he sat down he got up and took off his trousers.

       "[My wife] said that he said to the woman beside him that he gets very hot on the plane, and then she said to me, 'I kind of copped then he was under the weather'.

       "He had bottles on his lap, maybe four or five litres of spirits, and the stewardess asked to take them off him because she wanted to stow them up safely.

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       "But he wouldn't let them go, he said they were presents and they weren't taking them and he got a bit hysterical then.

       "Then they called the other cabin steward and he came down and they were just trying to pacify him and he got a bit abusive then and told them he couldn't take his stuff and he had rights."

       The passenger was eventually removed from the plane which landed in Dublin Airport.

       When the man was being escorted from the plane he reportedly made "a big deal about a suitcase" which caused more delays.

       It later turned out he had not any luggage in the hold.

       The passenger added: "People were afraid, they were more afraid of what could have happened if the stewardess had not intervened because he was getting lairy.

       "He wasn't threatening anyone...but you never know, if it was an hour into the flight it would have been twice as bad."

       A spokesman for Ryanair said: “This flight from Alicante to Dublin (07 February) was delayed ahead of take-off after a passenger became disruptive on board.

       "Crew alerted local police who removed the passenger from the aircraft, and the flight departed following a short delay of approx. 40 mins.

       "Ryanair apologises to affected passengers for this delay.”