Southwest Passenger Attacks Woman in Violent Mid-Flight Meltdown Over ‘Fat Lady,’ Video Shows

A Southwest Airlines flight from New York City’s LaGuardia Airport to Kansas City, Missouri, descended into chaos after a passenger launched into a profane and violent tirade, attacking another traveler and being forcibly removed from the plane.

The incident, which occurred early the morning of Tuesday (June 17), began when a woman refused to sit next to another woman whom she called “fat.”

According to video footage shared on social media, the woman shouted, “I’m sorry, I don’t want to sit next to a fucking fat lady,” sparking a wild confrontation that rapidly escalated into a physical attack.

Per clips of the incident circulating online, the woman screamed obscenities, attempted to grab items from the other passenger’s bag, and ignored repeated warnings from flight attendants. In one clip, she yelled, “Shut the fuck up!” before grabbing the woman’s hair in a tight grip as others tried to pull her away.

The video also shows her spitting at the other passenger and hurling body-shaming slurs while flailing at fellow travelers.

As passengers and flight crew worked to restrain her, the unruly woman continued her tirade, bizarrely yelling, “My boyfriend is a fucking Black guy,” at a man helping to subdue her. She was eventually pinned to the floor but remained combative by kicking, screaming, and cursing.

Per TMZ, law enforcement sources confirmed that Port Authority Police responded around 1:10 a.m. at Terminal B in LaGuardia. The woman, a 32-year-old New York resident, was arrested and charged with aggravated assault.

This latest incident on a Southwest Airlines flight comes nearly two months after a passenger allegedly stripped naked and defecated in their seat as a plane was landing in Chicago.