Mass brawl breaks out at baggage claim at O’Hare International Airport
Wild moment mass brawl breaks out in baggage claim at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport before a woman, 20, and man, 18, are charged with beating another woman
- A full-scale brawl was caught on camera Monday night at the baggage carousel in Chicago O’Hare
- The dispute allegedly started while disembarking and then spilled over to the lower floors of Terminal 3
- Chicago police said they arrested an 18-year-old man and a 20-year-old woman with battery after the incident
Shocking video shows the moment a mass brawl broke out at the baggage carousel at O’Hare International Airport, ending with a charge against a man and a woman.
The footage, which has gone viral on social media, shows the moment when the massive fistfight broke out late Monday night in the baggage claim area of Chicago’s Terminal 3 airport.
Chaotic scenes show a group of about a dozen people struggling, including two pairs of women rolling on the floor violently pulling each other’s hair and throwing punches.
Two men can be seen coming to blows before landing on the carousel itself as others join the fray. One of them is hit on the baggage carousel, causing his hat to fly off, before appearing to be kicked in the face.
Police confirmed that after the brawl, an 18-year-old man and a 20-year-old had been charged with battery.
Police said the incident erupted after an argument on board the plane spilled into the terminal
The shocking video shows a large group of men and women punching each other
A woman can be seen being held by her hair on the floor fighting two other women – one of whom is barefoot – while travel pillows and other belongings are scattered on the floor.
Often onlookers can be heard screaming for safety and for the others to stop fighting, while others can be heard with their arms crossed as the chaos unfolds.
Another woman can be seen attempting to hit another person with what appears to be a shoe before a man starts punching her in the face, causing her to fall to the floor.
One of the women who was fighting on the floor manages to get to her feet and braids of her bright red hair lie on the terminal floor.
After the video ended, the Chicago Police Department confirmed in a statement that two people had been arrested and charged in connection with the brawl.
Christopher Hampton, 18, of Maywood, Illinois, and Tembra Hicks, 20, of Carol Stream, Illinois, have both been charged with battery over the incident.
It is not clear what exactly led to the violence. O’Hare International did not confirm which flight the group traveled on before the fight.
Two people, a man and a woman, had to be arrested and charged after the brawl
Here a woman can be seen struggling with another’s hair as onlookers shouted for safety
A person who just got off another flight caught a different angle of the fight
In a statement, Chicago Police Department said: “A verbal altercation while exiting the plane escalated in the lower level of Terminal 3 when a 24-year-old female victim was punched by two offenders.
“The perpetrators were taken into custody and charged accordingly.”
A statement from O’Hare International Airport said: ‘Safety and security are always the top priorities of the Chicago Department of Aviation (CDA).
“We are working closely with all of our federal partners present at O’Hare and Midway International Airports and the Chicago Police Department to ensure everyone is safe when they are in our facilities.
“The CDA also ensures that its airline partners have clear lines of communication to public safety sources for occurrences in their leased areas.”
It comes after Spirit Airlines employees exchanged blows with unruly passengers as they boarded a flight in a video.
The brawl broke out at Philadelphia International Airport in February and showed a mother and daughter being beaten with extra charges due to heavy carry-on luggage
The shocking footage shows the two travelers grabbing and clawing at gate agents at the jetway entrance.