Two passengers fought at New York airport: flight delayed by 40 minutes
'02.09.2020'
Vita Popova
Two passengers - presumably sisters - fought on a telescopic gangway while boarding a flight to Atlanta. The edition writes about it New York Post.
The incident took place on Sunday, August 31, at LaGuardia airport in New York. Two women, presumably sisters, had a fight on a telescopic gangway while landing.
The Delta flight to Atlanta was delayed by 40 minutes because of this incident.
The moment of the fight was captured on video by one of the passengers. The entry was also posted on the Trending News Today page at YouTube... It shows how one of the women knocked the other to the floor and began to strike with her fists, while the other struck back. The staff and other passengers were in no hurry to separate them.
At some point, another passenger, familiar with the fighters, appeared in the frame. She ran to them, urging them to stop the fight and shouting: "Aliya, stop!"
A moment later, a man ran past the staff and passengers and tried to stop the fight.
During the incident, one of the airline employees appears to be calling for help, while another blankly watches the outcome.
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Delta spokeswoman Nicole Dusanek said the flight to Atlanta was "delayed due to a customer issue," without providing any other specific details on the matter.
Destiny Davis, the passenger who filmed the video of the fight and posted it on Twitter, wrote: "The flight was delayed due to the fight on the ladder ... excellent."
Davis suggested that the instigators of the fight were "either cousins or sisters."
She also noted that it took a long time before the police arrived at the scene. The officers took the women away, but the flight was delayed by almost 40 minutes - it took so long to find the passengers' luggage and return it to them.
It is not known who provoked the fight, and it is unclear for sure if the women are related.
A law enforcement source said the fighters were not arrested.
