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A man was arrested after being repeatedly Tasered on board an aircraft for allegedly touching another passenger inappropriately and making racial slurs.
The incident happened on an American Airlines flight travelling from Miami to Chicago.
The passenger, named by police as Jacob A. Garcia, had to be forcibly removed by police officers.
Police were apparently called when Garcia started making racial slurs and 'disrespecting' another passenger in front of his girlfriend.
When officers entered the aircraft on Sunday night, Garcia continued to remonstrate with them, asking why they were removing him from the plane.
Fellow passenger Jabari Ennis, 37, who works in IT, recorded the moment the unruly passenger was forced off the flight.
Discussing the prelude to that, he said: 'The man started harassing a couple on the plane, hitting on the female and being disrespectful to the guy.