Passenger banned from Qantas after allegedly biting attendant on flight from Australia to US

The flight from Melbourne to Dallas was forced to land temporarily in Tahiti due to the alleged disruptive behaviour

A passenger has been banned from future Qantas travel after a plane travelling on a long haul flight from Australia to the US was diverted over the weekend after the man allegedly bit a flight attendant.

The QF21 flight left Melbourne at 2.30pm on Friday en route to Dallas and was diverted to Papeete on the island of Tahiti seven hours later after the behaviour of the disruptive passenger forced it to temporarily land.