Ezeiza airport pisses off other passengers too...

The circus that is Argentina plays on... This doesn't seem to have popped up in English anywhere, I saw it on Observa.com.uy. This is my translation of the article:

"Delays and incidents at Ezeiza
5000 Aerolineas Argentinas passengers suffered delays and cancellation of their flights. The employees walked off the job after passengers rioted.

Furious at the long delays and flight cancellations this Saturday, hundreds of Aerolineas Argentinas passengers attacked the company's agents at Buenos Aires' international airport.

Local TV channels showed images of passengers attacking the gate areas in a giant brawl including throwing computers in the air while an airline representative attempted to explain the cause of the problems.

5000 passengers remained stranded at Ezeiza International Airport just outside the capital. Only two flights that had been rescheduled took off and the rest were suspended at noon when the airline employees union (APA) walked off the job due to fear of the passengers.

Neither the airline or the union explained what started the fight. Aerolineas Argentinas said the delays were caused by work slowdowns from the pilots and ramp workers unions. However, representatives from both unions denied any such action and blamed the problems on oversold flights.

"We are worried because (the airline) sold more tickets than their capacity," said the spokesperson for the Airline Pilots Association, Gerardo Cuadro.

Maria de los Angeles Aguer, spokesperson for the APA, stated that their members left their posts after a passenger attacked a gate agent. APA is demanding that Aerolineas Argentinas guarantee that their flights are staffed with their full crew and have requested that airport police step in to assure the workers' physical safety.

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My comment? I wasn't kidding when I wrote that passing through Ezeiza airport flying out was irritating.