Southwest Operations Agent Hospitalized After Being Punched In The Head By Passenger

A Southwest Airways worker grew to become the newest sufferer of an assault from a passenger.

In an announcement obtained by Folks from the Dallas Police Division, Arielle Jean Jackson was arrested on the Dallas Love Discipline Airport on Saturday after she allegedly punched an unnamed operations agent within the head. What led to the violent interplay? Nicely, the 32-year-old lady was reportedly boarding a flight at round 12:30 pm when she began a “verbal altercation” with one flight attendant behind the airplane. It’s unclear what they had been arguing about right now.

When the individual requested her to go away, authorities declare Jackson engaged in one other argument with the operations agent. That’s when issues took a flip. As she was exiting the entrance of the aircraft, the lady all of a sudden struck the worker within the head with a closed fist. What the precise f**okay?!

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Police on the airport instantly arrested Jackson for aggravated assault, Folks reported. In the meantime, the sufferer was taken to the hospital in steady situation. Southwest Airways spokesperson Chris Mainz informed the publication that the agent was launched that very same day and is “at residence resting” earlier than including:

“Our complete Southwest Household is wishing her a speedy and full restoration as we ship our ideas, prayers, and like to her. Southwest Airways maintains a zero-tolerance coverage concerning any kind of harassment or assault and absolutely assist our Worker as we cooperate with native authorities concerning this unacceptable incident.”

As we’ve beforehand reported, incidents of verbal and bodily abuse directed at workers members have elevated because the begin of the pandemic. As of November 9, the Federal Aviation Administration reportedly discovered that there have been 5,111 reviews of “unruly” passengers in 2021 — with 3,710 of these incidents being mask-related. The numbers don’t even shock us at this, given the truth that we’ve seen time and time once more how offended and hostile some anti-maskers can get.

And what’s even sadder is that this isn’t the primary time we’ve even reported on a passenger attacking a aircraft’s worker. Simply final month, a flight attendant had been brutally punched within the face by somebody after she by accident ran into them whereas shifting down the aisle of the cabin. It resulted within the poor lady having the bones in her face damaged.

This can not hold occurring. We’re wishing the operations agent a speedy restoration throughout this time.

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