2024-09-02 09:32:28
A Haitian passenger was arrested by Carabineros after an afternoon of rage in which he smashed monitors and computers at the Santiago Airport.
He will be detained this Wednesday A Haitian citizen who broke monitors and computers at the Santiago Airportin a fit of rage that the passenger had after not being able to travel to the United States.
The subject’s actions were recorded by people who were at the air terminal, while He smashed the equipment with a hammer that he carried in his luggage.
Although it was initially reported that the man lost control after being told at check-in that he had to pay for excess baggage, Carabineros later specified that The real reason was that the passenger had been scammed when purchasing his ticket online..
Caused $20 million in damage at Santiago Airport
In this regard, the patrol officer of the Santiago Occidente Prefecture, Lieutenant Manuel Narváez, explained that “during the course of the afternoon a person of Haitian nationality, who had problems when boarding a flight he had purchased, realized that this flight was never booked“.
“He accuses that he was scammed and, from there, his minute of anger and fury is generated.“, added the uniformed police officer, who confirmed that the case was reported to the Local Prosecutor’s Office of Pudahuel
According to what was specified from the Santiago Airport, The amount of damages caused by the Haitian passenger was estimated at around 20 million pesos..
See below how it was The man’s afternoon of fury at the capital’s air terminal.