‘Blood Spattered’: FAA Air Traffic Controller Charged With Assault for Alleged Fight Inside DC Airport’s Control Tower

A Federal Aviation Administration employee at the Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Washington, D.C., was arrested for an alleged physical altercation inside the air traffic control tower, according to reports.

Damon Marsalis Gaines, 38, has reportedly been placed on administrative leave. Gaines faces assault and battery charges in connection with the alleged incident inside the air traffic control tower at the D.C. airport.

Politico reported that officers with the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority responded to an incident on March 27.

Citing a source, the Daily Mail reported that a couple of on-duty air tower controllers got into a “blazing argument before one threw a punch at the other.”

“By the time the brawling colleagues were separated, there was blood spattered over a control console, according to our insider,” the outlet reported. (Read more from “‘Blood Spattered’: FAA Air Traffic Controller Charged With Assault for Alleged Fight Inside DC Airport’s Control Tower” HERE)

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