In the early hours of this Friday, prior to a flight of the airline Latam which covered the route between Bogota and Cartagenaan American citizen was the protagonist of an incident with some of the company’s staff, as could be seen in a video shared on social media.
According to the airline’s official statement in a press release, The passenger arrived late for the flight and, despite the warnings from the counter assistants, decided to ignore it and bypass the security controls in order to board his flight..
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Realizing that the boarding door was already closed, He attacked the plane, kicking and punching the windows and doors of the aircraft several times.clearly annoyed. Despite this, he tampered with the buttons and equipment that connect to the boarding tunnel for the plane.
Finally, the American citizen was approached by Airline staff, members of the private security of El Dorado airport and the policewho took him to Migrationwhere he also attacked an official.
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Passengers on a Latam flight from Bogotá to Cartagena experienced moments of fear after a foreign citizen was unable to board the plane.
What happened was that the man went over the safety cords and… pic.twitter.com/Rkosmt1Nms
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“This disruptive passenger first attacked the ground staff in charge of passenger services because they informed him that the flight was already closed and that he had arrived late. He immediately proceeded to the boarding bridge and, not being able to enter the plane, decided to violate the security of the flight by hitting the main door and the windows. He also tampered with the buttons and equipment that connect the boarding tunnel to the plane.“, he said Daniel Gallo, president of the Air Workers Union in Colombia.
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After a few hours of trying to calm him down, Finally the man was immediately deported from the country.
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