As he smashed the computers, he screamed loudly, shocking those around him, but they did not forget to capture the moment. The other passengers minded their own business and did not interfere with the angry passenger. Authorities said he caused $20,000 in damage. He was eventually arrested by airport security and handed over to the police.
While the pilot who couldn’t fly had his reasons for throwing a tantrum, social media users wondered if he had just happened to come into the airport with a hammer in his suitcase. Others wondered what the security staff were doing and how the man could carry out this rampage.
His outburst was preceded by a brief argument with an American Airlines employee, who explained to him that he had been cheated and that the ticket he was carrying was not valid.
“During the afternoon, a Haitian citizen who had problems boarding a flight he had purchased discovered that this flight had never been reserved,” said Manuel Narváez, lieutenant of the patrol of the prefecture of western Santiago, according to El Dínamo.
“Local police responded to a disruptive individual in the lobby of Santiago de Chile airport,” American Airlines said in a statement. “We thank our team for their professionalism and apologize to our customers for the inconvenience.”
