Turbulence unfolded at Newark Liberty International Airport when a man and an employee got into a violent altercation, video shows.
Different clips of the fight that began circulating social media on Sunday appear to show different stages of the fight. One video seems to show the employee hit the other man in the face. The man then strikes the employee, who falls over a United Airlines desk and lands on the ground before getting up and confronting the man again.
It’s unclear who started the altercation, or what caused it. The employee, who has not been identified, appeared to suffer a bloodied face in the video.
The other man, who appears to say “I don’t start s–t” in the video, was taken into custody in connection with the incident, PIX11 reported.
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The employee works for a subsidiary company that’s affiliated with United, the airline said.
“United Airlines does not tolerate violence of any kind at our airports or onboard our planes and we are working with local authorities to further investigate this matter,” United Airlines told PIX11 in a statement.
United didn’t immediately respond to a Daily News request for comment.
The man taken into custody was identified by TMZ as singer-songwriter Larren Wong, who reportedly wrote on social media after the incident, “security had me bent glad someone caught this on film.