MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Russian plane diverted to Iceland on Saturday after a drunken man tried to start a fight with the crew and his fellow passengers, an Aeroflot spokeswoman said.

Police removed the man from the Toronto-Moscow flight, Irina Danenberg told Ekho Moskvy radio.

"A Canadian of Russian extraction in a state of alcoholic intoxication provoked a fight, swore wildly and shouted at the crew and passengers. As a result the captain decided to make a forced landing in Iceland," she said.

Ekho Moskvy quoted a passenger as saying the man punched the plane's captain.