Fight on WN plane at BUR
May 9, 2017, 6:47 pm
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May 10, 2017, 10:29 am
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I saw a video of part of it on TV. They said that one guy said something to the other guy (apparently sitting one row behind the first dude) as deplaning started about messing with the seat during the flight. There was also a statement that a FA had tried to get between them to break up the fight.
May 10, 2017, 12:37 pm
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http://abc7.com/travel/one-arrested-...video/1973528/
This flight just arrived in Burbank from Dallas-Love Field.
May 10, 2017, 2:51 pm
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Southwest flight 2530 had traveled Sunday from Dallas and was on a short layover at Hollywood Burbank Airport before continuing on to Oakland, California.
As the plane taxied to the gate, a fistfight broke out between two men, Burbank police said. The altercation worsened as fellow passengers tried to get off the plane at the gate, the airline said.
As the plane taxied to the gate, a fistfight broke out between two men, Burbank police said. The altercation worsened as fellow passengers tried to get off the plane at the gate, the airline said.
May 10, 2017, 3:11 pm
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It looks like the lady in black with her hair up in a bun was an attendant. What about the lady in a brown jacket? Was she an attendant too? Both appear to have been pushed down by the combatant.
I never read about brawls on Greyhound. Maybe this tells management something?
I never read about brawls on Greyhound. Maybe this tells management something?
May 10, 2017, 3:13 pm
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Yes. Lots of stories about people who have received airline-specific bans. And absolutely no question about it, the perp in this one should be on it. At a minimum, a lifetime ban from flying Southwest anyway. AFAIK, other airlines don't ban you for being in the news...
The Federal (U.S.) no-fly list is a different animal. I don't think its intent is to cover inflight crime, so I doubt a fight is going to get you onto that list. Although for this passenger, it wouldn't bother me if it did.
The Federal (U.S.) no-fly list is a different animal. I don't think its intent is to cover inflight crime, so I doubt a fight is going to get you onto that list. Although for this passenger, it wouldn't bother me if it did.
May 10, 2017, 4:34 pm
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Yes. Lots of stories about people who have received airline-specific bans. And absolutely no question about it, the perp in this one should be on it. At a minimum, a lifetime ban from flying Southwest anyway. AFAIK, other airlines don't ban you for being in the news...
The Federal (U.S.) no-fly list is a different animal. I don't think its intent is to cover inflight crime, so I doubt a fight is going to get you onto that list. Although for this passenger, it wouldn't bother me if it did.
The Federal (U.S.) no-fly list is a different animal. I don't think its intent is to cover inflight crime, so I doubt a fight is going to get you onto that list. Although for this passenger, it wouldn't bother me if it did.
May 11, 2017, 5:59 am
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May 11, 2017, 2:59 pm
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Just so completely unacceptable
Before watching the video I thought this was happening during the offload process in BUR, not after. What could possess someone to launch into such a fit of rage when the bulk of the flying is already done? You've done the hardest part, DAL-BUR. Keep a stiff upper lip and finish the journey.
Any serious discussion of a PAX Bill of Rights needs to include only one item, the required use of an airline-provided straight-jacket.
Before watching the video I thought this was happening during the offload process in BUR, not after. What could possess someone to launch into such a fit of rage when the bulk of the flying is already done? You've done the hardest part, DAL-BUR. Keep a stiff upper lip and finish the journey.
Any serious discussion of a PAX Bill of Rights needs to include only one item, the required use of an airline-provided straight-jacket.
May 11, 2017, 3:05 pm
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The one fight I was a witness to on a plane was on disembarking. A father and adult son were mad because the guy in the aisle seat next to the son wouldn't switch with the father, who had the window across the aisle, so that father and son could sit together. It started with the son using both of his hands to push the aisle seat guy into his father who retaliated by throwing punches, with son joining in.
May 11, 2017, 3:17 pm
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The one fight I was a witness to on a plane was on disembarking. A father and adult son were mad because the guy in the aisle seat next to the son wouldn't switch with the father, who had the window across the aisle, so that father and son could sit together. It started with the son using both of his hands to push the aisle seat guy into his father who retaliated by throwing punches, with son joining in.
May 11, 2017, 3:21 pm
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My situation wasn't even on Southwest. It was on an airline with assigned seats in first class no less. So father and son were just being jerks, which is usually part of the reason fights start.