Lady's violent meltdown at Orlando Southwest airport results in arrest

[ad_1] Woman's wild airport tirade caught on camera A lady was captured on video attacking Southwest Airways employees at Orlando Worldwide Airport throughout an obvious standby outburst. (Credit score: Peyton Turbeville through Storyful)

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Video reveals the second a lady appeared to have a violent meltdown within the Southwest Airways concourse at Orlando International Airport final week.

The lady—later recognized as 45-year-old Selomit Velez-Rodriguez—is seen in passenger Peyton Turbeville’s video yelling at Southwest workers.

"Motherf- - - -r, are you kidding me?" Velez-Rodriguez is heard saying on the video. "Are you kidding me? Are you kidding me?"

Sporting a big backpack, shorts, a purple long-sleeved shirt and a ballcap, she yells at an worker, saying she’s making an attempt to get to her vacation spot to bury her brother.

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<source media="(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)" srcset="https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2025/08/672/378/woman-kicks-southwest-employee-airport-meltdown-fox-news-001.jpg?ve=1&tl=1, https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2025/08/1344/756/woman-kicks-southwest-employee-airport-meltdown-fox-news-001.jpg?ve=1&tl=1 2x" height="378" width="672"><source media="(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)" srcset="https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2025/08/931/523/woman-kicks-southwest-employee-airport-meltdown-fox-news-001.jpg?ve=1&tl=1, https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2025/08/1862/1046/woman-kicks-southwest-employee-airport-meltdown-fox-news-001.jpg?ve=1&tl=1 2x" height="523" width="931"> A lady had a meltdown at Orlando Worldwide Airport on August 14, 2025. (Peyton Turbeville through Storyful)

She seems to kick the worker, drawing gasps from bystanders.

One particular person could be heard saying, "Oh, that’s assault."

Velez-Rodriguez launches right into a profanity-laced tirade, then hits a Southwest desk monitor 3 times, saying, "two flights wasted…two flights, three planes, after 45 minutes."

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<source media="(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)" srcset="https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2025/08/672/378/woman-kicks-southwest-employee-airport-meltdown-fox-news-002.jpg?ve=1&tl=1, https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2025/08/1344/756/woman-kicks-southwest-employee-airport-meltdown-fox-news-002.jpg?ve=1&tl=1 2x" height="378" width="672"><source media="(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)" srcset="https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2025/08/931/523/woman-kicks-southwest-employee-airport-meltdown-fox-news-002.jpg?ve=1&tl=1, https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2025/08/1862/1046/woman-kicks-southwest-employee-airport-meltdown-fox-news-002.jpg?ve=1&tl=1 2x" height="523" width="931"> A lady had a meltdown at Orlando Worldwide Airport on August 14, 2025. (Peyton Turbeville through Storyful)

Moments later, she tells close by vacationers to name the police as she follows an worker by means of the concourse.

After going off on one other bystander within the concourse, Velez-Rodriguez is seen punching one other pc monitor together with her telephone earlier than following the identical Southwest employee by means of the concourse.

Turbeville advised Storyful that the girl was upset as a result of she didn't make the standby record for 3 flights, although the declare has not but been verified.

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<source media="(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)" srcset="https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2025/08/672/378/woman-kicks-southwest-employee-airport-meltdown-fox-news-003.jpg?ve=1&tl=1, https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2025/08/1344/756/woman-kicks-southwest-employee-airport-meltdown-fox-news-003.jpg?ve=1&tl=1 2x" height="378" width="672"><source media="(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)" srcset="https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2025/08/931/523/woman-kicks-southwest-employee-airport-meltdown-fox-news-003.jpg?ve=1&tl=1, https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2025/08/1862/1046/woman-kicks-southwest-employee-airport-meltdown-fox-news-003.jpg?ve=1&tl=1 2x" height="523" width="931"> A lady had a meltdown at Orlando Worldwide Airport on August 14, 2025. (Peyton Turbeville through Storyful)