A man's ear was bitten off by another person in mid-air on a plane

"It was absolutely sickening and I find it unbelievable that anyone would do that at all to another human being. But to bite someone's ear off on a plane packed with other people at such close quarters and with families sitting around him is absolutely appalling, people were getting off the plane complaining of feeling physically sick."

"The victim was a man aged somewhere between 18 and 25. He was with a group of friends who were sitting in front of us but he was sitting towards the back of the flight. He kept coming to chat to his mates and then returning to his seat as the flight went on. When the plane was taxiing to Ibiza Airport the guy came running down the plane towards his friends. He took his T-shirt off and we could see he was covered in blood and that half his ear was just hanging off. The steward took him to the front of the plane. We never saw the person that did it but they guy was shouting: 'Someone just bit my ear off. Who does that?'"

"We are working closely with Northumbria Police and the parties involved to fully investigate the reported incident so that we can take the appropriate action. The safety of our customers is of utmost importance to us and aggressive behaviour will simply not be tolerated."