Dallas, TX
Spirit Airlines agent suspended after trading blows with female passenger
A Texas airline agent was suspended Friday after being caught in a wild viral video buying and selling blows with a girl who yelled racial and homophobic slurs at him.
The unidentified Spirit Airways consultant was seen in the beginning of the 90-second clip squaring as much as the feminine passenger at Dallas-Fort Value Worldwide Airport (DFW).
“You may have misplaced your thoughts! Don’t contact me ever in your life!” he screams on the denim shorts-wearing girl as she tries to again away from him within the video, seen nearly 6 million times since first being posted Thursday.
The agent continues to scream about her touching him and getting in his face, following her as she retains attempting to again away.
“Get out of my face!” the lady shouts again, calling him a “f—ing f—ott!”
As a person tries to separate the pair, the lady pushes the agent and calls him a “dumbass” N-word. She then reaches over and slaps him within the head with an overhand proper.
To gasps from onlookers, the agent pushes handed the person attempting to dam him — launching a flying sort out on his foe, wrestling her to the bottom.
He follows her as she will get up, throwing a punch to her head earlier than others once more rush in to separate the brawling pair, the clip exhibits.
“All people! Again up from me! This bitch put her fingers on me,” the agent yells as he stalks after her once more, warning that she “received the mistaken particular person” to combat with.
The clip ends with one other man squaring as much as the agent, difficult him to combat him moderately than “f—ing with a girl.”
“You noticed what she did,” the agent protests, after warning the person, “I’ll combat whoever.”
The clip was incorrectly marked as taking place July 11, when it ought to have been Aug. 11, officers confirmed to WFAA. It was not instantly clear what began the brawl.
Spirit Airways confirmed on Twitter Friday that it was “aware of this altercation.”
“Our vendor at DFW has suspended the agent,” the corporate mentioned.
“Spirit Airways doesn’t tolerate violence of any form, and we’re working with native regulation enforcement to analyze this matter,” it mentioned.
It was not instantly clear if the feminine passenger was additionally being investigated, nor if any expenses had been filed. Neither the airport nor its police instantly responded to The Submit’s request for remark.