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WATCH: Angry passenger pepper-sprayed at Orlando International Airport

ORLANDO, FLORIDA — A passenger on a JetBlue flight was taken down with pepper spray Sunday night at Orlando International Airport after becoming angry that his flight was delayed.

According to airport officials, the flight to Salt Lake City was set to board at 6:45 p.m.  The flight was delayed until 8:30 p.m. and the man was not happy about it. Witnesses posted video to Twitter that shows the unruly passenger cussing at airline employees and appearing to take a swing at one of them!

**WARNING: BAD LANGUAGE**

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"Sh** is going down at @mco," writes Twitter user @Slake03 who posted several videos of the incident. "Guy in the white is drunk and went after a @JetBlue employee."

When Orlando Police arrived to diffuse the situation, the man still wouldn’t calm down and they were forced to pepper spray him. Several passengers nearby inhaled the spray and began coughing. They were treated at the airport.

The passenger was taken into custody and is facing charges.

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