A RAGING plane passenger beat up two air hostesses mid-flight and left one of them in tears – after being told she couldn’t use her phone.

Dramatic footage showed the 39-year-old female punching the flight attendants in the face at least five times before fellow passengers stepped in to restrain her.

The savage attack unfolded onboard a Pobeda Airlines flight from Novosibirsk to Moscow in Russia on August 23.

In shocking footage, the red-haired passenger is seen talking with the air hostesses before beginning her savage attack.

She then launches into a full-scale assault, throwing a barrage of hits towards them.

Other passengers immediately step in to restrain the woman and she is eventually pulled away from the cabin crew.

The manic passenger is then filmed laughing as she is escorted away in front of terrified travellers.

The enraged woman began behaving aggressively just seven minutes into the flight, local media reported.

In an attempt to calm her down, she was provided with a document outlining the in-flight rules of conduct, which she screwed up and hurled at the air hostess’s face.

The ordeal escalated after she was denied use of her phone.

Witnesses told Russian media she struck two air hostesses several times to the head.

She was later tied up and held until the plane landed at the Sheremetyevo Airport in Moscow, where she was met with a rapid response team and removed from the flight.

A Ministry of Internal Affairs spokesperson confirmed the attack, saying protocol had been drawn up against her for petty hooliganism.

In Russian law, petty hooliganism can be defined as a public disturbance that is considered highly disrespectful to society.

The punishment for the offence is usually a fine or brief imprisonment.

The investigation by police is ongoing.

It comes after another dramatic ordeal unfolded onboard a Russian flight.

Wild footage in June showed a furious woman’s mid-air meltdown when she demanded a business class upgrade – before she was tied down.

The outburst erupted on a flight from Russia to Egypt – as the economy passenger insisted she deserved an upgrade due to an alleged “pain in my butt and t**s”.

Shocking footage from the Aeroflot flight SU734 showed the passenger standing in the aisle and yelling at cabin crew in broken English.

Crew were helped by strong male passengers to overpower the woman after she allegedly threatened to open the emergency exit and began removing her top in desperation, according to Telegram channel Aviatorshchina.