Overview

• On Aug. 7, China Southern flight CZ6164 from Shenzhen to Dalian was disrupted when a young boy repeatedly kicked a woman’s seat throughout the nearly four-hour journey.
• Video shows the boy’s father shoving the woman, his mother berating her and his sister yanking her hair after the plane touched down.
• Cabin crew members and nearby passengers intervened to separate the parties and alerted police upon landing.
• The passenger-shot recording has circulated widely in news outlets, intensifying public scrutiny of in-flight altercations.
• The Dalian Airport Public Security Bureau has launched a formal inquiry and China Southern Airlines says it is cooperating, with no arrests reported so far.