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Home  >  Chicago ORD  >  Ruffians Brawl At Chicago O’Hare Baggage Claim
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Ruffians Brawl At Chicago O’Hare Baggage Claim

Matthew Klint Posted onMay 24, 2023May 25, 2023 37 Comments

A nasty fight brawl out in the baggage claim area of Terminal 3 at Chicago O’Hare International Airport. What do these fighting ruffians, if anything, teach us about travel?

Chicago O’Hare Baggage Claim Brawl – Dozens Throw Punches

I’m not going to make any assumptions here, because we are only working off the video below. Was it a Spirit Airlines flight or an American Airlines flight? What caused this fight? Was it a continuation of a fight onboard, which has been the case with similar baggage claim brawls in the past, or perhaps people standing in front of a carousel and blocking others from getting their bag?

Here we see men and women, black, brown, and white fighting, so it isn’t clear this is a racial issue. But this is really one of the nastiest fights I have ever seen at an airport…and so many people. Have people lost all common sense and decency? Let’s not reduce this to “Oh Chicago” as if these sorts of things only happen across the fruited plain.

Sent in video of a brawl this morning at O’Hare International Airport.#Chicago pic.twitter.com/AiiLrobUk8

— 16th & 17th District Chicago Police Scanner (@CPD1617Scanner) May 23, 2023

View From The Wing, who first shared this story, is amazed “that at a major international airport there are numerous law enforcement agencies of all kinds on premises, and cameras literally everywhere, yet no one seems to intervene.”

It’s a fair point, but I also think it’s rather clear why no one is breaking it up: who wants to get in the middle of that? There were no children being harmed. There were no elderly being harmed. Indeed, there do not even appear to be victims, just ruffians fighting who could have walked away. Who would reasonably throw themselves into the center of that fight?

As for what this teaches us about travel, I think we must be ever-vigilant that tempers are frayed, people are on-edge, and therefore we must act nimbly when traveling. Tomorrow, I’ll share about an incident that occurred on my United flight to Denver yesterday–It wasn’t pretty. It takes two to tango. Even when our “pride” may be at stake, it is (almost) always wise to walk away.

CONCLUSION

A nasty brawl amongst over a dozen folks broke out at Chicago O’Hare. Whatever the root cause of the fight, these sorts of things can happen at a moment’s notice and it is incumbent upon us, the rational traveler, to de-escalate rather than escalate situations…but also to stand clear when the…well, you know…hits the fan.

images: @CPD1617Scanner / Twitter

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Matthew is an avid traveler who calls Los Angeles home. Each year he travels more than 200,000 miles by air and has visited more than 135 countries. Working both in the aviation industry and as a travel consultant, Matthew has been featured in major media outlets around the world and uses his Live and Let's Fly blog to share the latest news in the airline industry, commentary on frequent flyer programs, and detailed reports of his worldwide travel.

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37 Comments

  1. Dave Edwards Reply
    May 24, 2023 at 11:59 am

    I’m waiting for the story on how the NAACP warning about travel to Florida is going to affect Spirit financially?

  2. Koggerj Reply
    May 24, 2023 at 12:31 pm

    Black crime matters

    • Ken Reply
      May 24, 2023 at 12:36 pm

      Oh my God! You’re so clever! Let me grab a pen and write that one down. There really is nothing like sharing stale racist tropes with a bunch of strangers online, is there?!

      • Koggerj Reply
        May 24, 2023 at 7:49 pm

        Truth hurts

  3. Frank Reply
    May 24, 2023 at 12:38 pm

    The video lasts almost a minute. Where were either security or the police?

    • NedsKid Reply
      May 24, 2023 at 12:50 pm

      Yeah, two people got arrested.

    • Chad Reply
      May 25, 2023 at 10:57 am

      Defunded

  4. cr Reply
    May 24, 2023 at 1:30 pm

    Aren’t there typically bags at Baggage Claim?

    • Jan Reply
      May 24, 2023 at 3:48 pm

      I see several sh1tbags…

  5. Santastico Reply
    May 24, 2023 at 1:44 pm

    “ Have people lost all common sense and decency?” Absolutely yes. That’s unfortunate but a recurring thing in America. Respect is no longer a word in the dictionary.

  6. whocares Reply
    May 24, 2023 at 1:50 pm

    it doesn’t teach us anything about travel per se…but it does teach us for the umpteenth time…this is what happens when you are DIGITALLY sick….DIGITAL WI-FI, BLUETOOTH, CELLULAR radiation…..compare DIGITAL waveforms to ANALOG brainwaves – alpha, beta, gamma, etc…. Energy…we absorb it. There are consequences.

    someday we’ll learn…after we’re humbled….by big war. billions to die. end times — happening now. coming soon to a real life human theater near you..

    duckduckgo – type MASS ANIMAL DEATHS….1st link. ignore the religious angle, it’s wrong…..but if animals are dying all over the world…guess who’s next? most folks don’t know, don’t care.

  7. The Real Billy Bob Reply
    May 24, 2023 at 2:16 pm

    Whoa now Matthew. That word “ruffians” sounds like dog whistle racism to me. You should know that african americans have a rich cultural heritage of brawling to settle disputes and, as a white colonialist oppressor, you should respect their cultural heritage. Those white colonizers however should be arrested and thrown in jail for cultural appropriation and be re-educated to better understand their privilege and the struggle of POCs in this oppressive, racist, transphobic, homophobic, misogynistic, hydrophobic, electrostatic, hemophilic, cisalpine heteronormative society.

    • Carrie Long Reply
      May 24, 2023 at 2:28 pm

      Ha! You forgot supercalafragalisticexpialidocious

    • Billy Bob Reply
      May 24, 2023 at 3:08 pm

      Maybe they just thought they were at the US capital and wanted to overthrow the government like real patriots

      • The Real Billy Bob Reply
        May 24, 2023 at 3:46 pm

        Please impostor, you know that only white redneck homophobes were involved in the terrorist plot to overthrow the government with selfie sticks and Amerikkkan flags. Only uncle tom race traitors would join those MAGA terrorists. These oppressed african americans were just rebelling against the white capitalist heteronormative baggage claim area. Check your whiteness privilege dude.

      • chad Reply
        May 24, 2023 at 7:14 pm

        Oh those terrorists, they broke 2 windows and wandered around a building. Oh the humanity.
        If only they had peacefully looted and burned down entire city blocks like the summer of love in 2020.

        • Billy Bob Reply
          May 24, 2023 at 10:05 pm

          They should have all ended up like Ashley babbit. Maybe next time you terrorists try it that will happen

    • Aaron Reply
      May 24, 2023 at 6:05 pm

      vietri really hates Black people…

      • koggerj Reply
        May 24, 2023 at 7:49 pm

        60% of ped0s are part of the lgbt.

        • Billy Bob Reply
          May 24, 2023 at 10:06 pm

          Hey terrorist, How many target employees did you threaten to kill this week?

          • Koggerj
            May 25, 2023 at 9:40 am

            How many children did you groom?

          • Billy Bob
            May 25, 2023 at 10:16 am

            None, because that’s a republican myth. In fact those that shout the loudest are the most guilty….

          • Chad
            May 25, 2023 at 11:09 am

            A “myth” is anything that doesn’t enable the grievance politics of the left.

        • Aaron Reply
          May 25, 2023 at 8:08 am

          Not true at all. But 100% of Koggerj’s are racist homophobic a-holes.

        • Aaron Reply
          May 25, 2023 at 8:09 am

          Also, how many aliases does vietri/Koggerj post under theses days?

          • Jesda Gulati
            May 27, 2023 at 3:07 am

            According to the Dept of Education most child molestation happens in public schools. I hope youre not one of them.

    • Matt Reply
      May 24, 2023 at 7:08 pm

      Ruffians makes it sound like you’re from Victorian Los Angeles… Please post when the whippersnappers decide to take over the local Apple Store!

  8. Jan Reply
    May 24, 2023 at 2:16 pm

    This kind of thing is tolerated in Chicago though, so I’m not surprised.

    • Billy Bob Reply
      May 24, 2023 at 3:04 pm

      The timing of this incident seems to line up with the delayed arrival of the spirit flight from FLL monday night. This is probably related to the meth and bath salts in the water supply in florida

    • Aaron Reply
      May 24, 2023 at 6:06 pm

      It isn’t, actually.

  9. BobbyG Reply
    May 24, 2023 at 2:49 pm

    First down! I think maybe they were just playing a rough-n-tumble game of football, while waiting for their bags. Notice the little red football glide across the floor. Pass interference and it got a tad bit out of hand… just a tad bit

  10. O'Hare Is My Second Home Reply
    May 24, 2023 at 4:45 pm

    That’s an American sign up there, so it’s not Terminal 2, it’s Terminal 3. There are only civilized airlines in Terminal 2, namely UA and AC.

    • Matthew Klint Reply
      May 24, 2023 at 6:17 pm

      Isn’t UA Terminal 1?

      • Aaron Reply
        May 25, 2023 at 8:19 am

        UA does fly our Terminal 2 as well…you even reviewed their lounge there 😉

        AA is pretty much T3 only.

        “Let’s not reduce this to “Oh Chicago””

        Too late.

      • O'Hare Is My Second Home Reply
        May 25, 2023 at 9:55 am

        UA does their regional flying out of Terminal 2, and AC has their two gates in Terminal 2. That’s also where Delta and others were located before they moved last year.

  11. Yiannis Reply
    May 24, 2023 at 5:19 pm

    Gotta be Spirit. Most of them are black, and look at the type of dress. Plus, it’s Chicago, just sayin

  12. Asa George Reply
    May 25, 2023 at 8:18 pm

    Wait a second,I’m Chicago born and raised,passed through ORD countless times,one of my first jobs while attending circle campus was room clerk at the OHare Hilton….never have I seen any brawl at ORD.Nor in any airport,on any flight.But after so many related articles,just once I’d like to see a good a** woopin’!LOL

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