A man had part of an ear bitten off when a British Airways staff party ended in a brawl.
Surgeons at the Royal Sussex County Hospital, Brighton, were today hoping to sew it back on.
The attack happened after 20 BA staff were ejected at 2am from the Hilton Metropole Hotel on Brighton seafront.
About 200 Gatwick-based staff, friends and family attended the event and most had left before the incident.
One man was arrested.
An airline spokesman said the party was not an official BA function.
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