A scheduled LOT flight from Chicago to Warsaw was forced to land at an airport in Iceland due to aggressive behaviour from two passengers who started to run riot onboard the aircraft.

According to witness accounts quoted by the southern regional Tygodnik Podhalanski daily, two passengers from the highland town of Nowy Targ drank too much alcohol and started running amok in the cabin.

When a stewardess tried to calm the men down, one of the men retaliated by hitting her in the face. Other passengers were asked by the crew to overpower the men, after which the pilot of the aircraft decided to land immediately.

On landing, the two men were taken out of the aircraft and handed over to Icelandic police.

The flight, which was supposed to arrive in Warsaw yesterday at 14.15 CET, was delayed by two hours as a result. The men remained in the custody of local police. (jb)