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Woman throws computer monitors at flight crew because she missed her flight

Woman throws computer monitors at flight crew because she missed her flight

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Unruly passengers make the frustrating experience of flying even more stressful, but these customers do not suddenly become loud when they enter the plane. A 31-year-old woman became angry about O’Hare International Airport in Chicago after reportedly missing a flight on July 30. Local police said the woman fled the scene of the accident and is still being sought by authorities.

The footage shows the woman Frontier Airlines employees. She jumped over the baggage carousel into the staff area to physically attack the employees of the low-cost airline. WLS-TV reports. The angry customer grabbed a computer monitor from the check-in counter and hurled it at staff who tried to calm her down. She knocked over another monitor as she backed away.

The angry customer can count herself lucky after her unexpectedly short trip to O’Hare Airport. Just a week later, another woman was killed after caught in the converter belt system. The incident occurred on August 8 in an unmanned restricted area. The public can be surprisingly shy in the restricted areas of an airport. Last year, another delayed passenger in Australia went onto the runway in a desperate attempt to catch her missed flight.

Please do not risk your life (or the lives of others) for a flight. Aircraft manufacturers are already doing this sufficiently.

A version of this article originally appeared on Jalopnik.

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