Angry traveller smashes American Airlines counter with hammer (video)

An enraged traveller was filmed smashing an American Airlines counter in Chile with a hammer after realizing that a scammer had apparently sold him a fake plane ticket.

The Haitian man became enraged at Santiago’s Nuevo Pudahuel Airport late Monday, August 26, after trying to check in for his American Airlines flight to Miami, Florida, local outlet Cooperativa reported.

Footage shot by bystanders showed the construction worker, who was set to stop over in Miami en route to Haiti, suddenly rifling through his work bag after an airline employee informed him he wouldn’t be able to board the flight.

He was filmed screaming as he climbed behind the counter and started hitting multiple mounted TV screens with the hammer.

The man then smashed several computer screens on the check-in counter, the clip shows.

The traveller caused roughly $20,000 in damages, authorities said.

He was eventually detained by airport security and turned over to cops.

An American Airlines spokesperson confirmed the ordeal, saying local authorities were called to deal with a “disruptive individual” in the airport lobby area.

“We thank our team for their professionalism and apologize to our customers for the inconvenience,” the spokesperson said in a statement.

Meanwhile, the clip has ignited discussion about the alleged invasion of America by unruly immigrants causing the destruction of American society.

Most of the commenters with this view on X assumed the man was an immigrant in America because of his complexion, and passed comments based on this erroneous impression.

Some of them posted other videos of immigrants behaving badly in America in the thread to push their narrative that immigrants are out to destroy America and need to be sent away.

See the clip here.