LOUDOUN COUNTY, Va. (DC News Now) — Police are saying that an airline passenger faces charges after he punched a United Airlines gate agent Thursday night at Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD).
According to reports, Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority police officers responded to an incident at Gate D12 where they say a man from Maryland assaulted the United Airlines gate agent. Members of the airport authority’s fire and rescue department took the gate agent to the hospital for treatment.
Someone who was at the gate posted video of the encounter on the X platform. The video shows a man punching the gate agent in the face, knocking him to the floor.
The man is currently facing charges of assault and disorderly conduct.
United Media Relations provided DCNewsNow.com with a statement that said, in part: “The passenger involved has been banned from future travel on United.”