Fight breaks out on plane after group of women refused to 'stop talking'
Budget airline Air Asia departed Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on Monday at 6pm for a four-hour flight to China, when a father who was seated behind a row of three young women was furious when they carried on 'talking loudly'. Tensions erupted after the man reportedly called the women 'stupid' and told them to 'shut up'.
Footage shows a woman in a green outfit and baseball cap leaning across the seat while repeatedly throwing punches at the man as cabin crew can be seen wrestling with those involved in the scuffle.
Mid-air mayhem: Footage captured the moment a brawl broke out among passengers after a group of women refused to stop talking
A woman onboard the flight who recorded the video said the fistfight began around mid-way through the journey.
She said: 'We were sitting behind the row of women and listened to the quarrel. They were chatting too loudly while the lights were turned off, and the man in front asked them to be silent because he wanted to sleep.
'The mother of one of the women then joined in. The friends then went up to attack the man. There were two women fighting the male passenger.
'I don't remember if the man asked the hostess to stop them from talking. But the cabin crew should not have allowed the situation to escalate. But when it was happening, they took charge and settled them down.'
Flight records show the Airbus A320 left the Kuala Lumpur International Airport at 6:11pm local time bound for the Chengdu Tianfu International Airport. It landed at 10:13 pm local time. Police were waiting at the airport to question those involved in the fight on flight D7326.
Officials at the Airport Public Security Bureau of the Sichuan Provincial Public Security Department launched an investigation.
It is not clear whether any arrests were made. DailyMail.com has approached Air Asia for comment.
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