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A man who was filmed racially abusing a woman on a Ryanair flight has been identified, police said.
Essex Police said it had identified both parties involved in the incident and passed the details to the Spanish authorities who were leading the investigation.
Airline Ryanair has been criticised for failing to remove the passenger and instead making the woman move.
The budget carrier said it had spoken to the woman’s family.
The incident took place on a flight from Barcelona to Stansted on Friday and was recorded by a fellow passenger who shared it on social media.
An Essex Police spokeswoman said: “We have worked to identify both parties involved in this incident and passed this information to the Spanish authorities, who are leading on this investigation.
“Our officers will continue to provide assistance where necessary throughout the course of this case.”
In the recording of the incident the man can be heard threatening to push the woman, 77, to another seat as well as racially abusing her.
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Ryanair said it “would be taking the matter further”
A Ryanair spokeswoman said its customer care team had contacted the woman’s family, but would not comment further due to the incident being a police matter.
David Lawrence, who filmed the man subjecting the woman to a tirade of racist abuse, said that in the age of social media “visual is important” and “now the world knows” what happened.
He told BBC Breakfast: “I had to make a difficult decision at that time because if I had stepped in I don’t think you would have seen the footage that I captured.”
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