A passenger walked up to a gate agent at Washington Dulles airport United Airlines gate D12 – apparently planning to board while the previous flight was deplaning – saying things like “who wants it first?” and then punched the agent hard enough to knock him down.
Angry guy at Dulles airport tries to get on a fully booked plane and knocks out the flight agent. Lol #nova #dullesairport pic.twitter.com/zNvJ1N3I4r
— Ama Deisel (@amar3455) March 13, 2025
The reportedly well-liked, kind gate agent was taken away on a stretcher and hospitalized. The passenger was arrested on the spot. The assailant is presumably being added to United’s list of banned passengers. It’s unclear whether he was intoxicated, as some have reported, and what exactly triggered him.
(HT: H.G.)