A MiG fighter plane has been put out of action for a week after a journalist vomited in the cockpit and damaged sensitive equipment.

Kresimir Zabec from the Croatian daily Jutarnji List was researching a story with the Croatian air force but threw-up as the MiG 21 sped through the air at 625 miles per hour during a special flight arranged for him.

News portal HTnet reported some of the equipment in the cockpit would now have to be taken out and thoroughly cleaned - a process that will take at least seven days.