Crime & Safety
Air Traffic Controller Arrested After Fight At Reagan Airport
The employee was arrested Thursday and charged with assault and battery, according to the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority.
ARLINGTON, VA — An air traffic controller faces charges following a fight at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, according to officials.
Damon Marsalis Gaines, 39, of Upper Marlboro, Maryland, was arrested Thursday and charged with assault and battery, a spokesperson for the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority told Patch.
Authorities did not provide details about the incident that prompted Gaines's arrest.
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“The employee is on administrative leave while we investigate the matter,” the Federal Aviation Administration said in a statement to CNN.
The incident happened at an airport that is currently facing scrutiny since January's mid-air collision between an American Airlines flight and an Army Black Hawk helicopter. The day after the arrest, a Delta passenger plane and an Air Force jet narrowly avoided another crash as the jet was inbound to Arlington National Cemetery for a flyover.
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