Just hours after he trashed a hotel room in Sydney, Underbelly star Matthew Newton has reportedly set airline staff into panic and delaying the flight.
According to passengers on the Virgin Blue flight from Sydney to Melbourne, Newton boarded the plane, then exited the aircraft, as staff attempted to locate his numerous items of hand luggage to only see him casually walk back and take his seat.
It was reported that passengers heckled the actor, who was last to board with only a few pieces of carry on baggage.
Airline staff who had to find spaces for his bags in different overhead compartments then had to retrieve them again shortly after when they believed he had vacated the flight, which was already delayed due to lighting strikes.
The passenger said that Newton was the last to board and sat in the first row next to the door, as flight attendants found room to put his four or five carry-on bags, all the way down the aisle.
He suddenly stood off and walked back up the air bridge into the terminal.
Air regulations state that luggage cannot be carried on board a plane without the passenger.
The fellow passenger went on to report that the flight attendants could only find one, with angry passengers yelling that hse should be brought back on board to identify himself.
He casually walked back on the aircraft and took his seat on the already delayed flight; however the aircraft didn’t take off until 5pm.
A spokeswoman for the actor has confirmed the incident but said the he contributed to the delay of only a few minutes.