Overview
- A traveler was filmed around 11:30 a.m. on New Year’s Eve at Kansas City International Airport hurling racial slurs and threatening to hit female Southwest Airlines employees.
- Footage shows the man placing his hand on a staff computer, leaning over the counter, and escalating after the employee warned she would call police.
- Coworkers and bystanders stepped between the man and the employee as witnesses attempted to defuse the confrontation.
- FBI agents and airport police evacuated the affected area during a broader security investigation, then cleared the scene after evaluating the situation.
- Authorities said there was no credible threat and operations resumed, while social media claims of an arrest have not been confirmed by officials.