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Is air rage on the rise?

The latest brawl on a plane has made us look at the statistics. You might not like what you see.

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Christopher Elliott
Feb 16, 2024
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It happened again — this time on a Southwest Airlines flight from Oakland to Kauai on Monday. About an hour after takeoff, two men started to argue loudly. It quickly devolved into a fistfight, which was captured on camera.

Two passengers try to settle their differences on Southwest Flight 1288.

The flight landed safely, and authorities detained both passengers. Interestingly, the original video of this incident, first posted to Instagram, has been removed. Other copies remain online.

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