Another brawl breaks out at Miami International Airport. It's part of a national trend
2021/5/7 23:14 (EDT)
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Just mere days after a huge brawl at Miami International Airport, another massive fight broke out in the terminal Tuesday night.
The mayhem was captured in cellphone footage taken by multiple onlookers at Gate G-15 by the Southwest Airlines counter. One person ended up arrested.
The fight is part of a troubling trend airports across the nation are seeing, now that many people have resumed traveling. Recently, videos have surfaced showing face-mask confrontations, seat disagreements and personal space arguments. Clashes between passengers on planes have spilled over into airports.
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MAY 07, 2021 03:02 PM
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According to an airport police report, officers responded to a disturbance call Tuesday regarding a fight among passengers who were forced to deplane from Flight 3522 to Chicago-Midway due to a woman who “refused to comply” with in-flight regulations. The flight was delayed by two hours as a result of the incident.
A woman with long blond braids who is seen at the center of the melee was taken into custody for alleged disorderly conduct and breaching the peace.
In a video taken by a passenger while the plane was still on the tarmac, the 25-year-old suspect, Alexus Beaty, of Chicago, can be heard loudly complaining.
In the explicit, curse-laden clip, you can hear Beaty yelling that she is not in the seat that she paid for.
The next part of the clip shows that the entire flight was kicked off for her behavior. Beaty is seen still yelling and getting into other passengers’ personal space. Soon, a man who appears to be her travel companion gets into a physical altercation with another male passenger, and then all hell breaks loose.
According to the police report, cops responded to the gate and upon arrival, contact was made with a Southwest employee who stated that “the defendant was fighting and yelling on board the aircraft with other passengers,” causing them all to deplane.
The officer attempted to escort the woman out of the area “in order to calm the crowd down and she refused and resisted by ducking down and pulling away toward other passengers,” said the report.
The woman was then arrested and escorted out of the area, according to the police report, which noted “a new flight crew was assigned and reboarded without further incident.”
“MIA does not promote or tolerate this type of behavior,” Sola said. “MDPD responded immediately, quelled the situation, and made an arrest.”
Beaty was transported to Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center and released after posting a $500 bond, records show.
Southwest declined to comment on the incident.
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I'm certainly in no hurry to fly anywhere.
