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14 Feb 2024


A video appears to show two airplane passengers getting into a heated argument while onboard a flight — an argument that then led to a physical fight. 

A passenger named Matthew Kievlan was taking a Southwest Airlines flight from Oakland to Hawaii on Monday, Feb. 12, when he saw a fistfight erupt between two other passengers, as Storyful and others reported. 

Kievlan took out his phone and began to videotape the confrontation between the two male passengers. 

As seen in the video, one passenger appeared to get into an argument with another passenger before punches began to be thrown. 

The aisle passenger can be seen punching the other man multiple times before bystanders and flight attendants stepped in, pulled him back and separated the men. 

Fight erupts on flight split

On a recent flight from California to Hawaii, one passenger appeared to get into an argument with another passenger before punches began to be thrown. Other individuals then helped to calm the situation. (Matthew Kievlan via Storyful / Fox News)

Kievlan offered praise for a bystander — a man named Dan — who went on to speak what appeared to be calming words to the irritated man. 

Kievlan said that in his view, the bystander used "textbook conflict resolution" techniques to calm the situation by "maintaining eye contact, using non-threatening body language and tactical empathy."

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After two men began throwing punches on board a flight, a bystander used "textbook conflict resolution" techniques to calm the situation by "maintaining eye contact" and "using non-threatening body language." (Getty Images  / Getty Images)

A Southwest Airlines employee told NBC that the two men involved in the altercation were detained upon arrival in Hawaii. 

Charges at this time are unknown, Storyful reported. 

Kievlan told Storyful that although the situation appeared to be an escalation of an argument, he does not judge the individuals involved. 

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A Southwest Airlines employee indicated that the two men involved in the altercation were detained upon arrival in Hawaii.  (Nicolas Economou/NurPhoto via Getty Images / Getty Images)

He said the situation was "an escalation into an understandable confrontation with decisions I’m sure they both regret."

Kievlan instead recommended that people "focus on lessons learned."

fight breaks out on flight

An altercation between two passengers occurred on Monday as others then stepped in and broke up the fight.  (Matthew Kievlan via Storyful / Fox News)

Fox News Digital reached out to Southwest Airlines for further comment.