Incident Captured On Surveillance Video

A scuffle erupted in Terminal C at Kansas City International Airport (KCI) between a passenger and an off-duty American Airlines pilot who had both been on a flight from Dallas on April 12.

Television station KMBC reports that a man identified in court documents as 49-year-old Edward Foster of Kansas City, MO got into an altercation with the pilot, who was not identified. In the video, Foster can be seen shoving the pilot twice, causing him to fall backwards over his luggage.

The incident reportedly began on the airplane, when Foster said the pilot was "taking up too much room on the aisle" and "being disrespectful." The pilot was a passenger on the aircraft, according to Kansas City Airport spokesman Joe McBride.

Once in the terminal, Foster tried to take a picture of the pilot's badge, according to the KCI Airport Police report. The pilot raised his hand to get the phone "out of his face," according to the report. That's when Foster allegedly shoved him.

Foster also allegedly followed the pilot out to the pickup area where his wife was waiting in a vehicle. He told police he wanted to get a picture of the vehicle's license plate.

Initially, the pilot said he would not press charges. But he went back to the airport the following day and talked with KCI Airport police detectives. He had lacerations on both legs and a bruise on one forearm, according to the report. Foster was charged two days after the incident for intentionally inflicting bodily injury.

American Airlines would not confirm that the pilot was an airline employee, but sources have confirmed to the station that he does work for the carrier.

(Image from surveillance video)

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