The luck of the Irish doesn’t seem to apply to late arrivers.
An irate passenger who missed his flight threw a caught-on-camera temper tantrum inside Dublin Airport that landed him in handcuffs after the shirtless man flung several items across a terminal Monday.
The unidentified traveler left a path of destruction on St. Patrick’s Day after crazily throwing chairs and a hefty table as airport staff and passengers watched in stunned silence, according to footage posted across social media.
At the start of the mashed-together clip, the bare-chested man, who had a gator around his neck and part of his face, winds up and hurls an item he appeared to rip off a counter before pulling another piece of equipment apart.
He later threw another item around ten yards across the empty terminal before moving onto the chairs and table, as well as a pair of clothes he tossed in the air, according to the footage.
A man in his 20s has been arrested after he caused significant damage to a section of Dublin Airport after he missed his flight.
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At one point, the vandalizer flexed his arms for onlookers after he noticed he was being videotaped.
Airport security finally moved in and placed him in custody after a few minutes.
“Airport Police at Dublin Airport responded to an incident in Terminal 1 this morning which resulted in a male individual being arrested,” the airport authority said in a statement to the Irish News.
“The passenger missed his flight and proceeded to cause significant damage to our airport,” the authority added.
An Garda Siochana, the national police of Ireland, told the outlet the passenger was in his 20s and was hit with criminal charges.
