{"id":2418579,"date":"2025-04-01T16:46:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-01T20:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/charges-filed-after-air-traffic-controllers-fight-in-reagan-airport-tower\/"},"modified":"2025-04-01T16:48:09","modified_gmt":"2025-04-01T20:48:09","slug":"charges-filed-after-air-traffic-controllers-fight-in-reagan-airport-tower","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/charges-filed-after-air-traffic-controllers-fight-in-reagan-airport-tower\/","title":{"rendered":"Charges Filed After Air Traffic Controllers Fight in Reagan Airport Tower"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcharges-filed-after-air-traffic-controllers-fight-in-reagan-airport-tower%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2418579&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>An <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/search-and-rescue-teams-at-site-of-indonesian-plane-crash\/\" title=\"Search and rescue teams at site of Indonesian plane crash\">air traffic controller<\/a> at Ronald Reagan Washington National airport, Damon Marsalis Gaines, is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/attack-of-the-zombie-era\/\" title=\"Attack of the Zombie ERA\">facing criminal charges<\/a> for assault and battery following an altercation that occurred in the airport&#8217;s control tower on a Thursday night. The incident reportedly escalated from an argument to physical violence, resulting in one person being injured. Gaines has been placed on administrative leave during the investigation by the Federal Aviation Management (FAA). The airport&#8217;s operations are under scrutiny after previous incidents, including a tragic collision between a helicopter and a passenger jet in January that killed all 67 people onboard both aircraft. Tensions remain high at the airport,which recently experienced a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-orders-detention-for-alleged-proud-boy-whose-lawyer-blames-trump-for-capitol-incident\/\" title=\"Judge Orders Detention for Alleged Proud Boy Whose Lawyer Blames Trump for Capitol Incident\">close call<\/a> involving a delta air Lines flight. The FAA has not released detailed facts regarding the current charges or the ongoing investigation.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>An air traffic controller based at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport is facing criminal charges over an incident that took place Thursday night.<\/p>\n<p>The Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority did not reveal details of the incident that led to the arrest, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2025\/03\/31\/us\/reagan-airport-air-traffic-controller-arrest\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CNN<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Damon Marsalis Gaines, 39, of Upper Marlboro, Maryland, faces charges of assault and battery, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ron-desantis-companies-helping-biden-release-border-crossers-into-florida-will-be-denied-state-contracts\/\" title=\"Ron DeSantis: Companies Helping Biden Release Border Crossers into Florida Will Be Denied State Contracts\">airport authority<\/a> said.<\/p>\n<p data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm8xprrx500073b6mqk049xwr@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\" data-analytics-observe=\"off\">&ldquo;The employee is on administrative leave while we investigate the matter,&rdquo; the Federal Aviation Administration said.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2025\/03\/31\/air-traffic-controller-charged-after-scuffle-at-reagan-national-tower-00260941\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Politico<\/a>, Gaines works in controller operations at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/day-dc-crash-near-miss-reagan-national-airport-eerily-similar-details\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">airport<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); 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\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadScript(\"https:\/\/embed.sendtonews.com\/player3\/embedcode.js?fk=s28Az7AY\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #stnvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#stnvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>A report in the U.K.&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-14548725\/Air-traffic-controllers-fight-Reagan-National-Airport-control-tower.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Daily Mail<\/a>, which relied upon sources it did not name, said that on Thursday night, there was an argument in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/two-dc-airport-workers-arrested-plane-crash-footage\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">control tower<\/a> that escalated beyond words.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">NEWS: Reagan National Airport police have charged an air traffic controller with assault and battery after a fight broke out in the control tower last Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Airport police charged Damon Marsalis Gaines of Upper Marlboro, MD. The FAA says they placed a controller on leave. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LkTdi8OXv8\">pic.twitter.com\/LkTdi8OXv8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Pete Muntean (@petemuntean) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/petemuntean\/status\/1906821620003471549?\">March 31, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The report said that a punch was thrown, and one of the people involved was cut.<\/p>\n<p>An FAA representative offered few details beyond saying, &ldquo;We are not confirming or commenting on the details of the open investigation.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The Daily Mail&rsquo;s source indicated that the control tower remains a tense place due to the January <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/updates-horror-dc-black-hawk-helicopter-passenger-jet-collide-bodies-potomac-prayer-needed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">collision<\/a> between a helicopter and passenger jet that killed all 67 people aboard both aircraft.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;That facility is out of control. People are cracking because of what happened in January,&rdquo; the source said.<\/p>\n<p>The airport was the site of a close call Friday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>In that incident, a Delta Air Lines flight with 131 passengers and five crew members aboard flew near an Air Force jet, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/close-call-between-delta-flight-air-force-jet-near-reagan-national\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CBS<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Delta Flight 2983 took off for Minneapolis at about 3:15 p.m. as one Air Force T-38 jet flew near it.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">&#128680; Close Call at Washington (DCA): Delta A319 &amp; USAF T-38 Jet &#128680;<\/p>\n<p>A tense moment unfolded at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) on Friday (28) when a Delta Air Lines Airbus A319 (Reg. N342NB) taking off came into close proximity with a US Air Force T-38 jet&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5CI7F2dnGO\">https:\/\/t.co\/5CI7F2dnGO<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nL78sNLkO7\">pic.twitter.com\/nL78sNLkO7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; AirNav Radar (@AirNavRadar) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AirNavRadar\/status\/1905794037753536692?\">March 29, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The Delta flight &ldquo;received an onboard alert that another aircraft was nearby,&rdquo; and &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">air traffic controllers issued corrective instructions<\/a> to both aircraft,&rdquo; the FAA said.<\/p>\n<p>The FAA did not specify how close the planes were to one another.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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The Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority has not disclosed specifics about the event that resulted in the arrest, as reported by CNN. Damon Marsalis Gaines, 39, from Upper Marlboro, Maryland, is charged with assault and battery. The Federal Aviation Administration stated that he is currently on administrative leave while the matter is under investigation. According to Politico, Gaines works in controller operations at the airport. <\/p>\n<p>A report from the U.K.&#8217;s Daily Mail indicated that an argument escalated into a physical altercation in the control tower during Thursday night. It was reported that a punch was thrown and one individual sustained a cut. An FAA representative mentioned they would not confirm or comment on details of the ongoing investigation but noted tensions remain high in the control tower following a January collision between a helicopter and passenger jet that resulted in 67 fatalities.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, there was another close call at Reagan National Airport when a Delta Air Lines flight nearly collided with an Air Force jet on Friday afternoon; both aircraft were given corrective instructions by air traffic controllers after alerts were issued regarding their proximity to each other<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2418580,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Reagan-Control-Tower.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[49503,52645,38144,35580,35592],"class_list":["post-2418579","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-air-traffic-control","tag-airport-incident","tag-aviation-safety","tag-legal-charges","tag-reagan-airport"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Reagan-Control-Tower.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2418579","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2418579"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2418579\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2418583,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2418579\/revisions\/2418583"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2418580"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2418579"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2418579"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2418579"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}