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.)
he’s obviously another deranged psychopathic Trump-zombie – so Trump will simply pardon him, do a photo-op with him and give him a job in Homeland Security…
Classic morbidly obese POS who looks like every young person today. America now produces generations of these uneducated fatties, who will be the death of the nation.
I had a situation happen to me at Idlewild airport (aka: Kennedy airport) many years ago. 1959 to be exact. A man came rushing down to the gate where I had been boarding passengers for a flight going to Washington D.C. The plane was already taxiing away from the gate. I told the male passenger, I was sorry but the flight was already leaving. The man became angry and threw me across the cement aisle and headed out on to the tarmac. I landed upright but my landing broke one of my high heels as well as twisting my ankle. Meantime, the aircraft marshaller saw the man running toward the plane on the tarmac, grabbed him by
the collar escorted him back to the gate. Naturally, I was a little shook up
but I walked back to the main terminal with the man and
reported the incident to my supervisor. No sympathy from the supervisor as all he did was ask me if I had another pair of shoes and, if so, take the man to another airline terminal and book him on another flight to Washington, D.C. No sympathy from the supervisor, no punishment nor apology from the man who did this to me. …and that’s the way it was in 1959.
@bill ganas
You didn’t really just assert that the gate agent deserved to be punched, did you?
Tie the perp with a rope to the back of the plane and then take off. Perp won’t be a threat anymore.
Should be banned from all modes of transportation for Life! No flights, Amtrak or Greyhound!
Wow, that was quite the incident at Dulles! It’s shocking to see how things can escalate so quickly in public spaces. I hope the gate agent is okay and this doesn’t become a trend.
This incident at Dulles shows how stressful air travel can be. It’s concerning to see passengers act out like this. Gate agents deserve respect, especially during such hectic times.
1990, the only thing you share, as always, is your stupidity.
The moment you realize you should have flown Aeroflot.
$10 says the attacker was an entitled POS MAGA who will be expecting Trump to pardon him because…. RED HAT CLUB
Ten bucks says the attacker was a MAGA MORON who is expecting a full pardon from Trump because… RED HAT CLUB!
I feel sad for the couple of TDS victims in here. I sure hope when you reach your 40s you finally move out of your parent’s basement. As for the passenger, 5 years in in prison will about do it.
Another violent hillbilly!!!!!
Such trump derangement. Nothing about this article was political or indicated the perpetrator’s political views. And these ridiculous comments about banning the guy from all forms of travel or dragging him behind a plane… Such hyperbole. Calm yourselves. He will get an assault charge and be banned from United. It was just a punch in the face. You’re not made of glass. Grow up.
@A. Herseth, this man is clearly in his late to mid 40s at the youngest, he’s not a young person in anyway, you should seek therapy to process what drive that absurd reply. It took 30 seconds to verify he’s 54 lmao.
If you’re hoping to take a peaceful journey with fellow guests of all political stripes, please consider Delta.
Straight out of the Antifa playbook. Looks suspiciously like another deranged leftie suffering from Trump Derangement Syndrome. All blind emotion, rage and lack of cognitive ability to differentiate between right and wrong. Just another ‘progressive’ acting out on their feelings with zero impulse control.
I can smell the purple haired leftists in here.
Just another bad loser liberal. Nothing to see here. Biden probably already issued an advance pardon.
Looks like another sad “road warrior” who makes 30k doing his corporate overlord’s bidding
Iam. Ewe as usual, the lefties blame Trump for everything. More than likely this was BLM, or a GenZ who thinks the world revovles aroungd them.
@TDS psychos somehow linking this to Trump when a majority of violent incidents involving stressed passengers are the furthest from a Trump voter… Trump voters also don’t burn down local businesses, block traffic, feed children castration medication, etc. Doesn’t matter who the passenger voted for; he shouldn’t be allowed to fly on any airline ever again. I’ve flown regularly since I was 21 (both for work and pleasure), travelling all day, week, etc. can cause a lot of stress & impatience to build up. At times, airline workers exasperate those issues by how they interact with passengers (yes, I know they’re also stressed; but they are paid to be there and do that job). Airlines themselves don’t always offer appropriate remedies or compensation. They charge for anything and everything they can (despite tax payers heavily bailing them out and getting nothing in return). Pair that with how uncomfortable and exhausting TSA can be at times, and you create a monster. Again, no excuse, if you can’t manage your stress in these situations, you probably shouldn’t fly.
@ 1990. RE: your 1315 post. Why do you feel it is necessary to bring me into your diatribe? It’s not rather I agree or disagree with you, it’s just that I find your multiple posts narcistic and annoying. As with many things in life, I don’t have to like it to accept it. I’m already wasting too many minutes of my time on this website. So, to use your tag, “you be you.”
Happens in low income area retail stores everyday. Not exclusive to airlines.
@carolyn K, check the prisons. Very few hillbillys sleeping there compared to other races.
How about the airlines join together and create a no fly list for individuals like this? Something so egregious with one airline you reap the wrath of them all.
Assholes get insta-pardoned these days so no consequences here.
I done style my M.A.G.A. hat at ALL times when I hit the outside. Nobody, and I mean , not a soul, a single soul has chirped at me, barked at me or negatively yelled at me for my great admiration and tremendous support of the UNITED STATES of AMERICA’s All -TIME most successful & strongest U.S.A. President, Donald J. Trump.
Sure wish the demons and heathenistic secular humanists would open their mouths to say something against my awesome “The DONALD”, Just so I could unlock my anger towards these foolish cowards, and hopefully (if they start the riff) let my potent elbows start a’flying along with plumb-grip knees a’plenty.
If You gonna speak up a computer tough game, one lovely day You bound to have to back it up, after backing up!
I am a co-worker. The agent involved is one of the nicest people I know. He is a great gate agent. As for the feral, little man who assaulted him, karma’s coming.
That was my flight and it was already delayed. As soon as he punched the gate agent I figured we’d be delayed longer but they wrapped it up pretty quick. Dude got hauled off yelling that he’ll never fly United again and the officer said they aren’t gonna let you fly again. Frustrated asshole whose previous flight was cancelled and he couldn’t get that flight on standby. Idiot. The other gate attendants were so very grateful to the passengers that tackled him and held him down immediately and once we boarded the pilot thanked the passengers multiple times for helping
@OneTrippe — Here’s ‘comment’ #1316: Fair enough. You be you, too.
I see that the very mention of violence or a punch to somebody else brings on this compulsion to state it’s the leftist or it’s the far right. It’s not right nor left it’s not the Democrats nor the Republicans it’s not straight nor gay nor is it black or white or age related it is a collar for assault and battery with physical injury and it will be a thing we all should cherish, and that is justice.!!!!!!
Hey Gary…Are we publishing blurbs now, instead of articles? You call this Journalism. Hopeless.
Welcome to Spring Break Travel 2025! Vacation travelers, especially newbies, have no patience for air travel. Long lines, delays and crowds wear thin on their fragile anxieties. Our instant gratification society has come to expect, immediate service, immediate answers, and immediate action. Nothing else will suffice. These individuals should be put on federal no fly lists for a period of no less than 5 years in addition to any other legal judgments.
Trouble is easy to get into but hard to get out of, but easy way to settle this is let him board the plane then throw him out without a chute and tell him to flap his arms as hard as he can