Departures dust-up! Angry passengers fight each other after queue-jumping row at a Chinese airport
- Two men had argued while queuing for security checks today in Guangzhou
- Footage shows the pair punching each other as airport staff intervened
- The pair had another altercation on the shuttle bus after passing security
- The incident occurred at one of China's busiest airports during travel rush
A fierce fight broke out today at one of China's busiest airports during the country's Lunar New Year travel rush.
Two men hit each other in front of a long line of passengers after they had had an argument while queuing to pass security checks.
One of the passengers had allegedly tried to jump the queue which enraged the other and led to the fistfight.
Two men were separated by security staff after fighting each other at the Guangzhou airport
The incident occurred at around 5am in the Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport in southern China.
Footage emerged on social media shows the men punching each other as other passengers looked on in the queue.
Airport security staff arrived on the scene and managed to separate the pair.
The video post claimed that the airport had not organised the queue properly. It claimed that the queue was crowded and that the airport staff had arranged a number of passengers to jump the queue.
The post also claimed that a young man had started the fight by hitting another passenger.
The young man's family members had also beat the other passenger, the post added.
The two passengers had had an argument while queuing to pass the security checks
Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport confirmed that the incident had taken place there.
A fight broke out between the two at the No.1 Passage when they were transferring from an international flight to a domestic flight, the airport confirmed to MailOnline through a statement.
The airport said that one passenger, surnamed Zhao, and another passenger, surnamed Liu, argued and fought in the queue. The fight caused Zhao's mouth to bleed.
The statement said security staff managed to split the pair, but Liu went back to Zhao and started hitting him.
Security guards broke up the fight again and the two men managed to go through the security screenings, according to the airport.
The two men were transferring from an international flight to a domestic flight as they fought
The two passengers bumped into each other on the shuttle bus while heading to their boarding gates and had another altercation.
The argument was stopped by security guards and Zhao called the police.
Police officers managed to calm both parties and they apologised to each other.
Their fight and altercation did not cause any fight delays, said the airport.
The Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport handled 55,201,915 passengers in 2015 and is the third largest airport in China, following the Beijing Capital International Airport and the Shanghai Pudong International Airport, according to Ministry of Transport of the People's Republic of China.
Situated in Guangzhou, the provincial capital of Guangdong, the airport is seeing the busiest time of the year as the Chinese go on holidays to celebrate the Lunar New Year.
The airport urged the public to be more patient while travelling during the festival.
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