THIS is the shock moment a massive brawl erupts at an airport, with raging passengers clambering over seats to pummel each other.
The chaos broke out at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta, Georgia, on Wednesday.
Both men and women, along with children, participated in the altercation at a boarding gate within a terminal. Spectators captured videos of the incident from the sidelines and subsequently shared them on social networking platforms.
The footage shows more than 10 passengers laying into each other with fists and elbows in between rows of seats.
Some scramble out of harm’s way, whilst others pile in to join to the scrum.
The brawl mainly involved men tearing into each other on the floor with several women standing on seats and striking from above.
One lady can be seen climbing up onto a chair and winding her fist back to launch and almighty aerial assault.
She lashes out with her feet and fists on the other passengers below.
There was a sustained grapple on the ground, with enraged travellers pushing, punching and wrestling one another.
Fighters fall to the floor as they trip over other bodies in the melee.
The violence dies down momentarily, with the crowd gathering in a corner to exchange heated words.
But then the action flares up again – with a man in a red hoodie launching a particularly lethal volley of blows.
The gate was crammed full of people waiting to board flights, many of whom stood to watch the scuffle play out.
Passengers can be heard asking: “Why are they fighting?”, amid the crying of children.
Another says: “This is embarrassing”.
A third warns: “Y’all got kids over there, man.”
Most of the brawlers were wearing tracksuits, some with their hoods up and face masks on.
Others entered the fray still with the headphones over their ears.
It’s not clear what sparked the altercation, or whether the passengers knew each other beforehand.
One bystander told Fox 5 Atlanta they couldn’t understand what made things kick off.
They told the station: “I’m just trying to figure out, why were they fighting? What happened?”
Cops were called but the crowd had dissolved by the time they arrived and nobody involved spoke to them, according to TMZ.
Airport officials also told the site they are looking into the incident.
