Moment easyJet passenger is escorted off plane at Glasgow Airport after refusing to wear mask during flight from Luton

• Video shows police entering the plane and asking two passengers to disembark
• Incident happened after flight landed at Glasgow airport after flying from Luton
• EasyJet say passenger was being 'disruptive' and refusing to wear a face mask

This is the moment an easyJet passenger is removed from a plane by police after 'refusing to wear a face mask'.

Social media footage shows three officers boarding the easyJet flight from after it had arrived at Glasgow International Airport from Luton.

One officer is seen to approach a row of seated passengers before saying: 'Hi folks, are you ready to go?'

The officer then asks the passenger to grab their bags before a man, seen wearing a blue face mask, then walks to the front of the plane. 

The footage then shows a woman being show off the plane with the officers following.

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The officer then asks the passenger to grab their bags before a man, seen wearing a blue face mask, then walks to the front of the plane

Today, easyJet has said that it called police after a passenger refused to wear a face covering, despite guidelines which state masks must be worn onboard for safety.

The budget airline said staff called the police after the passenger became disruptive.

Meanwhile, police say a man has been given a recorded warning. 

An EasyJet spokesman said: 'EasyJet can confirm that police attended flight EZY77 from London Luton to Glasgow on Sunday, August 30 due to a passenger behaving disruptively onboard and refusing to wear their face mask.

'In line with new guidelines, all passengers are currently required to bring their own face mask for their flight which must be worn during boarding and onboard.

'EasyJet's cabin crew are trained to assess and evaluate all situations and to act quickly and appropriately to ensure that the safety of the flight and other passengers is not compromised at any time.

'Whilst such incidents are rare, we take them very seriously, and do not tolerate abusive or threatening behaviour on board.

'The safety and wellbeing of customers and crew is our highest priority.'

A Police Scotland spokesperson said: 'We can confirm that one man was issued with a recorded police warning in connection with a disturbance during the flight on an Easyjet flight from London Luton to Glasgow on Sunday August 30.'

The incident comes days after a suspected Covid-infected passenger was dragged off a plane by Hazmat-suited medics.

The passenger showed 'no symptoms' and received a text only seconds before take-off 'saying he was positive', a fellow flyer has claimed.

The Ryanair flight was allowed to make its journey from Stansted to Italy after the dramatic incident, which saw no other travellers asked to self-isolate on arrival, according to Fionn Murphy, from west London.

The 21-year-old, who spoke previously of his shock that he was able to complete the trip to Pisa, where he could be unknowingly walking around with coronavirus. 

The passenger revealed how the plane was seconds from take off after reversing, ready to taxi to the runway before the dramatic intervention.

He told the Sun: 'The doors were shut, we were ready to fly... it was literally last minute.'

'I got up and walked towards the back of the plane to grab one of the empty seats back there and the air hostess told me to sit down as we were just about to take off. And then everything stopped.'

'At first I thought it may have been because of the result of a temperature check, but I didn't remember there being any.'

The allegedly infected person and his travel companion were taken off the aircraft and moved to the airport's isolation area, where they were met by health authorities.

Their seats and the overhead cabin were disinfected before the plane was allowed to fly to Pisa an hour and 40 minutes behind schedule, according to Flight Radar.

The passenger, who has not been named, breached coronavirus quarantine restrictions by leaving their home and boarding the flight.

Last month a fight broke out on a KLM flight from Amsterdam to Ibiza after two passengers refused to wear face masks.

Footage appears to show two English passengers brawling after the flight took off from Amsterdam on Friday

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The pilot notified local authorities and two men were arrested when the flight arrived in Ibiza 

KLM requires passengers to wear a face mask from the first boarding call until passengers have gone through the arrival gate at their destination.

Footage appears to show two English-speaking passengers brawling after the flight took off from Amsterdam.

Both men were restrained with the help of other passengers and were later arrested by Spanish police on arrival in Ibiza after the pilot informed local authorities, according to The Independent.