Couple arrested over airport runway brawl that saw husband’s shirt torn off and wife pinned to ground

The husband, shown without his shirt, fighting with his wife on the tarmac. The couple later tried to enter the aircraft but were barred by the pilot. Photo: Handout.

BEIJING: A man and woman were detained at an airport in southwest China on Tuesday for brawling on the tarmac as they were boarding their flight, which was delayed for half an hour, a local news portal reports.

The incident happened at Kunming airport in Yunnan province as they were boarding a China Eastern Airlines flight to Chengdu, Sichuan province, that was parked on the tarmac, Yunnan.cn reported, citing airport authorities.