Passengers brawled on an American Airlines flight from Las Vegas to Charlotte after one refused to wear a mask

Twitter/Caryn Ross

• Video footage shows a fight breaking out between two American Airlines passengers on board a plane preparing to take off from Las Vegas to Charlotte, North Carolina, on Monday.
• The airline said a passenger ended up fighting with others after being asked to leave the plane for refusing to comply with the airline's mask policy.
• American requires face coverings on its flights.
• Like other major airlines, it has removed passengers who refused to comply without a medical exemption.
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A fight broke out on an American Airlines flight on Monday, with the airline saying it began after a passenger refused to wear a mask.

Footage of the incident — which took place before takeoff on a service from Las Vegas to Charlotte, North Carolina — was shared by a Twitter user named Caryn Ross.

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