Woman’s Wild Airport Tirade Caught on camera
Video shows the moment a woman appeared to have a violent meltdown in the Southwest Airlines concourse at Orlando International Airport last week.
the woman-later identified as 45-year-old Selomit Velez-Rodriguez-is seen in passenger Peyton Turbeville’s video yelling at Southwest employees.
“Motherf- – – -r, are you kidding me?” Velez-Rodriguez is heard saying on the video. “Are you kidding me? Are you kidding me?”
Wearing a large backpack, shorts, a red long-sleeved shirt and a ballcap, she yells at an employee, saying she’s trying to get to her destination to bury her brother.
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Woman Kicks Southwest Employee During Airport Meltdown in Florida: Video
A woman unleashed a furious tirade at Orlando International Airport on wednesday, culminating in a physical altercation with a Southwest Airlines employee, according to video footage.
The incident, captured by traveler Peyton Turbeville and shared with Storyful, shows the woman yelling at an airline employee behind a counter. She then proceeds to kick the employee before continuing her outburst.”You should be ashamed of yourself!” the woman shouts in the video.
Moments later, she tells nearby travelers to call the police as she follows an employee through the concourse.
After going off on another bystander in the concourse,Velez-Rodriguez is seen punching another computer monitor with her phone before following the same Southwest employee through the concourse.
Turbeville told Storyful that the woman was upset because she did not make the standby list for three flights, though the claim has not yet been verified.
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Authorities have not yet released the identity of the woman, but social media users have identified her as Ilisha Velez-Rodriguez. Fox News Digital has reached out to the Orlando Police Department for comment.
This incident comes as airlines and airport staff have reported a rise in unruly passenger behavior in recent years. The Federal Aviation Governance (FAA) has taken action against numerous passengers for disruptive conduct, including fines and, in certain specific cases, criminal charges.