A flight from London to Texas was delayed for hours after two American women got into a physical altercation over a MAGA hat.
The incident unfolded in Terminal 5 at Heathrow Airport in London when one woman confronted another for wearing a "Make America Great Again" hat, leading to escalating verbal exchanges that turned physical.
The fight began as passengers were preparing to board the British Airways plane and got increasingly violent as the women boarded.
There, in the premium economy section, one of the women demanded the other to remove the MAGA hat. When the woman did not let up, punches were thrown.
"With the US Presidential election so close, tensions are sky-high. Airline crew could not run the risk of a full-scale punch-up at 30,000ft. BA officials cannot recall a flight being delayed before due to a passenger's baseball cap. It was extraordinary," an airport employee told The Sun.
The captain was forced to call authorities to separate the women, resulting in the entire journey to be delayed for two hours.
Both women were escorted off the plane without arrest.
"Shortly after 12.45 p.m. on Monday, 28 October, police at Heathrow were made aware of an incident involving two women waiting to board a plane in Terminal 5. A woman in her 40s and a woman in her 60s made counter allegations of affray. Enquiries are ongoing," police said.
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