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Punches had been thrown on a Southwest Airways aircraft in Dallas Monday, in accordance with a witness and video, marking the most recent incident of unruly passenger conduct.
Passengers certain for Phoenix had been boarding Flight 117 at Dallas Love Subject Airport when a person in a tan blazer confronted one other man and hit him with a flurry of punches, passenger Caitlin Johnson informed CNN Wednesday.
“And the subsequent factor you understand he begins punching the person,” Johnson mentioned.
She mentioned passengers jumped in to assist de-escalate the state of affairs.
In Johnson’s video, the person within the blazer might be seen holding the opposite man in a headlock and calling him obscenities as passengers attempt to intervene.
“You guys cease it,” one passenger is heard saying, whereas one other says, “Get off of him” and “let go.”
As soon as the passengers managed to separate the 2 males, the person sporting the blazer swings on the different man, the video reveals.
“No! Don’t hit him once more,” a passenger is heard saying.
After the altercation, video reveals the person within the blazer telling passengers that the particular person he attacked approached his household aggressively. “Inform them what you probably did,” the person within the blazer says within the video. “I’ll sit down in jail for you approaching my household.”
Johnson says each males ultimately left the aircraft earlier than takeoff.
Southwest Airways acknowledged the incident in an announcement.
“We commend our Crew for managing the state of affairs as security professionals whereas additionally making certain the consolation of the opposite passengers within the cabin,” the airline mentioned in an announcement despatched to CNN. “We don’t have additional particulars to share, besides that the flight arrived on time and as scheduled.”
The Dallas Police Division informed CNN in an announcement Wednesday that it responded after the incident and no arrest was made.
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