American Airlines has suspended an employee and issued an apology after an altercation on one of its planes involving crew members, several passengers and a young child.\r
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The airline responded after a video posted on Facebook by another passenger showed a confrontation between flight crew and passengers at the front of the aircraft bound for Dallas from San Francisco on Friday.\r
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Surain Adyanthaya, who shot the video, said the incident occurred after the employee forcefully took a childs buggy from a woman, hitting her with it and narrowly missing her child. \r
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The three-minute clip shows the aftermath of the incident, with the woman crying and asking for the pushchair. Another passenger comes to her defence and threatens to punch the flight attendant, who in turn challenges the passenger to hit him.