Catfight Over Window Seat Leads To Massive Brawl, With 15 People Thrown Off Flight

A refusal to give up a window seat for a special-needs child led to a catfight between two women and ultimately a massive fight between two families in which 15 passengers were eventually removed from the flight.

Catfight Over Window Seat, Rudeness Leads To All-Out Battle Between Two Families, With 15 Passengers Kicked Off Flight

The incident occurred on Brazilian carrier GOL on flight 1659 from Salvador (SSA) to São Paulo (CGH). According to witnesses onboard:

• A mother with a special needs child boarded and wanted to sit in the window
• A woman already seated in the window seat denied the request
• The mother (or perhaps the sister according to one source) of the special needs child took “offense” at the way in which the request was denied and attacked the woman in the window

If you watch both videos below, it appears the woman who loses her top is the mother of the special needs child and it is principally her and the window seat passenger who are battling, though eventually, an all-out battle breaks out between the two large families.

PORRADA CANTANDO IRMÃO

Duas famílias se desentenderam durante um voo da Gol e o pau cantou no meio do voo pic.twitter.com/hZJb4Q8ecS

— Aeroporto da Depressão (@AeroportoD) February 2, 2023

POR TODOS OS ÂNGULOS pic.twitter.com/Y3jY5Xtw0s

— Aeroporto da Depressão (@AeroportoD) February 2, 2023

Flight attendants broke up the fight and sent all passengers were removed. A flight attendant later told Brazilian media:

“I was already closing the doors when I saw the two slapping each other in row 20. I ran, as soon as I got there, I already got between the two, but what happens: one family had five people and the other 10. The two families started slapping each other, cursing each other.”

(translated from Portuguese)

While the family was removed, there is no indication any members of the family were arrested.

Moving Seats For Special Needs Child?

I think we can all agree that the conduct was simply unacceptable in this case. It also appears that the family of the special needs child started it. It once again opens the debate over whether people have any obligation to move to accommodate families. In this case, the added layer of complexity is that it was a special needs child.

I am of the opinion that it does not make a difference. You are free to ask someone (politely is recommended) to swap seats, but if that person says no than you really have no right to be angry (although there are exceptions).

> Read More: Irish Model Slams “Awful Man” Who Wouldn’t Swap Seats For Her Family

CONCLUSION

A brawl between two women over a window seat descended into an all-out Montague-Capulet war onboard. Clothes were lost and blows exchanged during the battle, which forced flight attendants into the middle of it to break it up. In the end, 15 family members were thrown off.

Helpful advice: if you want a window seat and the passenger refuses to move, don’t attack that passenger.

images: @AeroportoD / Twitter