Brawl breaks out at San Juan airport after a drunk woman refuses to disembark from her plane and another passenger becomes ill forcing pilot to cancel the flight
- Video footage caught the moment a brawl broke out in a terminal building at Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport in Puerto Rico on Monday
- The chaos resulted after a drunk woman’s refusal to disembark from a Philadelphia-bound Spirit Airlines flight, video footage shows
- In the footage, the pilot can be heard announcing he had called the police
- The pilot cancels the flight after a different passenger fell ill, according to an airport spokesperson
Video footage caught the moment a brawl broke out in a terminal building in San Juan’s international Airport in Puerto Rico Monday, following a drunk woman’s refusal to disembark from a Philadelphia-bound flight.
The chaos at Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport only ended when cops intervened to help a female passenger who was being kicked on the ground.
The brawl happened after a Philadelphia-bound Spirit Airlines jet was forced to return to its gate when its flight was cancelled.
Video footage caught the moment a brawl broke out in a terminal building in San Juan’s international Airport in Puerto Rico Monday (pictured)
The brawl in the terminal B building at Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport happened around 4.30pm and ended when cops had to break up the violence (pictured)
An officer assists a woman who was seen in the footage being kicked while on the ground (left). The footage was captured on Monday
The plane was returned to the gate after another passenger became ill, forcing the captain to return the aircraft back to the gate, an airport spokesperson told El Nuevo Dia.
A Spirit spokesperson, however, denied reports that said the plane was returned to the gate because a passenger had the coronavirus.
The Spirit spokesperson told El Nuevo Dia that two passengers traveling together were to blame.
It was not clear if one of those people was a drunk passenger mentioned by the pilot in footage taken on board the flight.
The footage reveals the moment the pilot comes on the announcement system and explains that a woman had become intoxicated, the New York Post reported.
‘This is the captain speaking. We have an intoxicated woman in the back of the aircraft that is refusing to get off the aircraft,’ the pilot is heard saying. ‘If she doesn’t get off the aircraft, we’re all going to have to get off the aircraft,’ he warned all passengers.
The plane was returned to the gate after another passenger became ill, forcing the captain to return the airplane back to the gate, a spokesperson told El Nuevo Dia . Pictured is the Luis Munos Marin International Airport in San Juan
Passengers are heard decrying, ‘No!’ at the captain’s announcement. He directs his comments to the unruly passenger by alerting her that ‘We’ve called the police and they’re on their way.’
‘She need to get off right now. We want to go home,’ a woman wearing a mask and taking the video footage is heard saying. ‘Sorry, I’ve had a long day,’ she added, as a flight attendant advised all passengers to remain seated with their seat belts on.
‘She need to get off right now. We want to go home,’ a woman wearing a mask and taking the video footage is heard saying.
‘Sorry, I’ve had a long day,’ she added, as a flight attendant advised all passengers to remain seated with their seat belts on.