Two passengers were involved in a fight on Monday night (12), at Vitoria airport, in the boarding queue for a LATAM Airlines flight to Sao Paulo.
Images posted on social media show two men lying on the ground. One of the men is in a rear-naked chokehold on another passenger, who has been identified as the cause of the fight.
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Businessman Luiz Felipe Campello was in the boarding queue and witnessed the fight. According to him, other passengers reported that the man who was attacked caused a disturbance at the airport.
“What they said was that the guy who was doing the rear naked choke had some trouble getting on the plane. He couldn’t check a bag or he was late. He said if he didn’t get on, no one else would. Another passenger got upset about that and attacked him and when I got to the boarding gate I saw them both lying on the floor.”, I mentioned.
According to Luiz Felipe, the plane was scheduled to board at 7:20 p.m., but due to the fighting, it ended up being delayed.
The man who performed the rear naked choke boarded the plane, but was removed from the aircraft by the LATAM team. The passenger who was attacked never boarded the plane.
The businessman posted pictures on social media, in which he talked about the delay caused by the quarrel.
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“We were on the plane and the LATAM team arrived and asked the guy who did the rear naked choke to get off. This also delayed the takeoff because the pilot had to sign some paperwork. I also saw the attack in one corner of the airport and we got into an argument with a security guard and what they told us was that the federal police would investigate what happened.”, He said.
What does Latam say?
Through a note, LATAM reported that it had contacted the federal police to remove the passenger due to disorderly conduct.
In the same note, the company reported that the scheduled takeoff at 8 p.m. occurred at 9:08 p.m., and that the flight continued normally until landing in Sao Paulo.
See the full note:
“LATAM informs that it requested support from the Federal Police to remove a passenger on board flight LA3637 (Vitoria-Sao Paulo/Congonhas) on Monday (8/12) due to unruly behavior. Due to what happened, the flight was scheduled to depart at 8:00 p.m. It departed at 9:08 p.m. The flight continued normally and the aircraft landed safely at 10:37 p.m. at its final destination., The company says.
Folha Vitória has contacted Air Zurich, which operates Vitória Airport. So far, there has been no response. The article will be updated as soon as there is feedback.
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