A passenger at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport erupted in anger, throwing a computer monitor at Frontier Airlines employees after being told she had missed her flight, according to video footage of the incident.
The video, which surfaced, captures the irate woman climbing over a baggage check-in desk and aggressively confronting the airline staff.As tensions escalated, she began grabbing at the staff and shouting.
After being pushed back by one employee, the woman grabbed a computer monitor and hurled it at them, striking one in the stomach. She then picked up and slammed down another computer, before climbing back over the desk, shouting “Stupid!” at the employees.
As per reports, a traveler who witnessed and filmed the incident said that the woman became enraged when she was informed she could not board her flight after arriving too late.
The video, which surfaced, captures the irate woman climbing over a baggage check-in desk and aggressively confronting the airline staff.As tensions escalated, she began grabbing at the staff and shouting.
After being pushed back by one employee, the woman grabbed a computer monitor and hurled it at them, striking one in the stomach. She then picked up and slammed down another computer, before climbing back over the desk, shouting “Stupid!” at the employees.
As per reports, a traveler who witnessed and filmed the incident said that the woman became enraged when she was informed she could not board her flight after arriving too late.
Frontier Airlines has not commented on the incident, instead directing inquiries to the Chicago Police Department, reported the New York Post.
Chicago police confirmed to WGN-TV that the 31-year-old woman also threw a cell phone, which struck a 40-year-old bystander and hit another 24-year-old woman in the leg. The suspect fled the airport following the altercation.
The Chicago Police Department is continuing to investigate the incident.