A brawl happened on Spirit Airlines flight NK2322 from Newark, New Jersey, to San Juan, Puerto Rico.
According to Puerto Rico police, around 7pm yesterday, at the Luis Munoz Marin airport in San Juan, passenger Nyasy Veronique Payne “provoked an incident by acting in what witnesses called an agressive, hostile, & defiant behavior.” She hit 28yo Javier Lopez Cruz, police say.
The fight broke out because the woman refused to follow the airlines protocol to wear a mask. The woman who threw the first punch is allegedly the same person who refused to wear a mask who then ended up being tased by police because of her belligerent behavior which is seen on video here.
The flight originated in Newark, New Jersey according to police in Puerto Rico. During the flight, a young man was moving about the plane, switching seats and not wearing a mask. Flights attendants instructed the man to stop switching seats & to wear his mask.
Three women traveling with the young man were also not wearing masks most of the flight and were moving around while the sets belt sign was on. The flights attendants asked the women to stay seated a wear a mask.
The female tourist onboard the plane – seen on video punching passengers – has been arrested & is expected to spend the night in jail.