An “extremely intoxicated and unruly” British passenger forced a flight to stop in Bermuda yesterday.

A police spokesman said the 39-year-old man was arrested on arrival.

He added the passenger sustained a minor, self-inflicted head injury after he threw himself to the ground after the arrest.

The man was taken to the King Edward VII Memorial Hospital for treatment and assessment.

The plane was en route from London’s Gatwick to Cancun, Mexico when it diverted to Bermuda.

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