GA: Delta Air Lines Defends Pilot Who ‘Deescalated’ Altercation at Atlanta Airport
Delta Air Lines defended a pilot who got involved in an altercation between two women at an Atlanta airport, saying he "deescalated" the incident.
Videos published by TMZ show two women shoving each other and fighting on a jet bridge at the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport while deplaning on April 29. The two women were fighting on the ground when a Delta pilot appeared to intervene, grabbing the arm of one of them and striking her.
Delta "immediately removed the pilot from duty" and launched an investigation into the incident, the airline said in a statement. But the pilot is already back to work after the investigation found that he had helped end the fight, according to the airline.
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