Egyptian YouTube star Mohamed Ramadan criticised for 'dangerous' video showing him 'flying' a plane

The star shared the video with his 1.3 million followers, but received mass backlash

YouTube star Mohamed Ramadan has been criticised for a 'dangerous' video of him flying a plane. Twitter / Mohamed Ramadan 
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Egyptian YouTube star Mohamed Ramadan has caused controversy online after posting a video of himself ‘flying’ a plane.

Ramadan, who has more than 1.3 million followers, shared the minute-long clip on his Twitter page on Sunday, October 13, showing him climbing into the cockpit with the plane’s pilot, before sitting down at the control deck.

Towards the end of the clip, Ramadan is seen chatting and shaking hands with the pilot, before gripping the controls and seemingly flying the plane.

A man taking the video is heard to say: “I swear by the name of the Quran that Mohamed Ramadan is flying the plane now.”

Ramadan, who recently celebrated being the most viewed YouTube star in the Arab world, is not known to hold any formal flying qualifications. Many have since branded the stunt "dangerous".

One Twitter follower said, “If he is the only one at the plane with the flight team then this is one per cent acceptable but if there is any other life there then this is 100 per cent not acceptable, don’t play with people lives. Planes can crash in a fraction of second.”

Another user added, “How can a pilot allow such a thing? This is catastrophic and disastrous.”

According to local media in Egypt, the video, which has been viewed more than 180,000 times, is now being investigated by the Egyptian Civil Aviation Authority. It is not known how many other passengers were on board the plane.