Angry passenger hurls computer monitor at airline staff in O’Hare
CHICAGO — A woman shocked onlookers as she leaped over a check-in counter and hurled a computer monitor at Frontier Airlines staff at Chicago O’Hare International Airport.
Footage of the incident was posted on July 30 by another traveler, who told Storyful the woman had missed her flight and then “lost it” after staff didn’t allow her to board.
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In the video, the woman climbs over a baggage conveyor belt and into the staff area and begins grabbing and yelling at a Frontier employee.
After being pushed back by another airline worker, the woman grabs a computer monitor off a check-in desk and throws it toward staff, hitting one of them, and hurls a second monitor onto the floor.
She then climbs back over while shouting “stupid!” at Frontier staff.
WGN-TV reached out to the Chicago Police Department for additional information. According to police, the unidentified 31-year-old woman also threw a cell phone, striking a 40-year-old victim. The woman also hit a 24-year-old woman in the leg.
She then fled the location.
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No one is in custody, police added.
Storyful and WGN-TV also contacted Frontier Airlines for information about the incident.
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