British airline passengers were left terrified when a man being deported spent the flight screaming "Allahu Akbar" and "today we will die".

The deportee intimidated adults and left children in tears during the nightmare trip from London to Venice.

He shouted "help me", "today, death is coming", "today we will die" and "Allahu Akbar" during the commotion.

Passengers on the easyJet flight slammed the budget airline for the treatment of its customers during the two-hour journey on August 23.

They say they were ordered to delete photographs and video of the man, who was flanked by staff from the Home Office.

The airline has also told passengers they weren't eligible for compensation following the horror flight because they are "not able to predict or control our passengers' behaviours".

It is believed the man - who was handcuffed - was being deported to Italy under The Dublin Regulation, where asylum seekers are sent to the country they should have originally applied for asylum in.

The Home Office refused to discuss the reason behind the man's deportation, but it is thought he had been in detention for around a year.

Lucy O'Sullivan, 34, who was heading to Italy for her honeymoon with husband Terence, 34, sat near the man.

The carer, from Detling near Maidstone, said: "On entering the flight we could see the distressed passengers including children that were crying.

"When moving closer we could see a man kicking, shouting and shaking and being restrained over a seat.

"He was shouting 'We are all going to die today', 'Allahu Akbar', 'going to stab you' repeatedly for 45 minutes and then sporadically throughout the flight.

"We felt threatened because no one knew the full story of who this person was and what was happening as nothing was explained to us.

"This had already started before we got on the plane so on entering the aircraft we could see people's scared faces and people crying, but staff just welcomed us to the flight."

Another passenger, who did not want to be named, was travelling with his two children, his brother and sister-in-law and their three children.

He said easyJet aircrew apologised to them for what the children were exposed to but could only move three of them to a more friendly area of the plane.

As a result, his two children had to endure the man's "crude and threatening" language.

The man said: "Their attitude towards the whole fiasco was very flippant and they had disregard for our innocent children by moving adults to the front before our kids.

"After writing at length to easyJet about the situation I was sent a standard reply which added further insult to injury.

"I don't have qualms with deportees, however, when you expose children to a situation and force them to listen to such language from a man who says we're all going to die - that's not on."

EasyJet yesterday apologised for the distress caused to passengers, according to the Sun, but said at no point was the safety of the flight compromised.

The airline added it would be reviewing the case with the Home Office to see what could be learned from the situation.

"He was shouting 'We are all going to die today', 'Allahu Akbar', 'going to stab you' repeatedly for 45 minutes and then sporadically throughout the flight" - Lucy O'Sullivan

A spokesperson said: "The Government books flights for deportees and all airlines are expected to carry the passengers when they are booked.

"Airlines are provided with the details of the Government risk assessment and easyJet's specialist security team also carries out its own risk assessments when necessary and can refuse to carry individuals if we have specific concerns.

"Additionally the Captain has the authority to refuse to carry a deportee if they believe the safety of the flight could be compromised however the overwhelming majority of deportee travel takes place without other passengers even being aware there is a deportee onboard.

"We acknowledge that on this occasion the situation onboard could have been distressing for other passengers and apologise for that however the safety of the flight was never compromised."

The Home Office said it uses commercial aircraft to deport illegal immigrants and failed asylum seekers to keeps costs to a minimum.

A statement from the Home Office said: "We do not routinely comment on individual cases, but if people are in the country illegally and refuse to leave voluntarily we will take action to remove them."