One of the passengers recorded the man's angry moment.
August 24
2024
– 09:57
(Updated at 10:59 AM)
A passenger punched and kicked a plane door after failing to board at El Dorado Airport in Bogota, Colombia, in the early hours of Friday, 23rd.
According to the Colombian newspaper Karakul, The man allegedly arrived at the boarding gate late and, after being denied boarding, attacked staff and began punching and kicking the plane.
One of the passengers recorded the moment the man became angry. In the video, you can hear the man shouting “Put me” against the plane window amid the kicks.
According to Karakul, Airport security reached the man within about three minutes and arrested him. The plane the passenger kicked and punched was LATAM Airlines flight 4090 bound for Cartagena.
The man is an American citizen and was deported to the United States after the incident, according to the Colombian newspaper.
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