Fierce fight on a flight to Chile: there are 4 detainees and 6 injured

flight passengers LA135 of latam they witnessed a tense moment on board the plane, moments before takeoff.

As detailed by users, a group of 15 drunk passengers had boarded the flight that covered the route Antofagasta-Santiago de Chile. topics -of Chilean nationality- began to generate troubles Already verbal aggression to other people, which is why, at first, one of the flight attendants approached to calmly ask one of them to get off the plane.

However, by refusing, the General Directorate of Civil Aeronautics (DGAC) had to intervene and it was then that he arranged for several members of the group to get off the plane, which sparked “an altercation between them”.

The images broadcast on social networks show how the subjects – affected by alcohol – attack with their hands the agents who, at first, approached peacefully to ask them to disembark. However, over the seconds, the situation degenerates into violence at the same time as cries are heard: “There are children, man! », « Old man, there are children!

The episode ended with four people “arrested for attacking officials” and at least six others slightly injured, as specified by the airline and the DGAC. So far, the name of none of the four arrested has not been known, and they remain at the disposal of Justice.

Another user captured from his window the moment when the officers were arresting these people, one of whom resisted on the take-off runway and had to be -again- reduced by two officers be able to be taken handcuffed to the terminal of the Andrés Sabella Airport.

Likewise, the two entities have announced that they will file complaints against the aggressors and, this Wednesday, the Antofagasta Public Prosecutor’s Office announced that they had already taken action on this and opened a investigation to “clarify the serious incidents that have occurred” in the plane.

For its part, the airline Latam spoke on the subject and strongly condemned aggressive behavior of these passengers towards their employees, customers and public officials, who were affected in one way or another by the incident. Also, he made himself available to the Antofagasta authorities and indicated that he would file a criminal complaint in this regard.

Civil aeronautics took a similar stance and quickly published its categorical rejection on the attacks suffered by the personnel of flight LA135 and added that “they will exercise all the corresponding legal actions against the aggressors”.

(With information from EFE)

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