Reports say that a Federal Aviation Administration employee at Washington, DC's Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport has been arrested on suspicion of a physical altercation inside an air traffic control tower.
Damon Marsalis Gaines, 38, reportedly was placed on administrative leave. Gaines faces assault and battery claims in connection with the alleged incident inside the air traffic control tower at DC Airport.
Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport is in multiple air traffic emergency headlines.
Politics An officer from Metropolitan Washington Airport Authority reported on March 27 that he responded to the incident.
Quoting the source, Daily Mail Several working Air Tower Controllers reported that they entered “a fiery discussion” “before one throws a punch at the other.”
“Blood was spilling on the control console by the time our rough colleagues were separated,” the outlet reported.
Metropolitan Washington Airport Authority confirmed the incident Fox News.
Details about what caused the argument remain unknown.
“Employees are on administrative leave while we investigate the issue,” said a FAA spokesman.
Union representing air traffic controllers I declined Leave a comment.
Gaines did not respond to requests for comment immediately CNN.
It is not immediately clear whether Gaines has an attorney.
Watch the “CBS Morning” newscast video of the battle for air traffic control at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport here.
Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport is in multiple air traffic emergency headlines.
Saturday, Kite It is reportedly Ronald Reagan struck a United Airlines plane while approaching Washington National Airport.
Last week, Delta Air Lines planes almost collided with an Air Force jet near the Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.
In January, there was an American Airlines plane that killed 67 people between the Army Black Hawk helicopter and the American Airlines plane just south of Reagan National.
Recent National Traffic Safety Commission Preparations Report Between October 2021 and December 2024, Ronald Reagan revealed that there will be 15,240 “melee events” between commercial aircraft and helicopters near Washington National Airport.
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