A Delta pilot was caught in video allegedly hitting a female passenger at artsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport according t o TMZ

In the video two passengers get into a physical fight on the jetway and then on the ground a man says “Knock it off”…. The pilot then comes in and tries to separate the women and is seen striking one of them on the arm!

The pilot was temporarily suspended after a quick investigation into the April 21 incident but he was cleared and it was deemed he was attempting to “deescalated an altercation.

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A Delta spokesperson said to TMZ:

“We became aware of this incident and a video last week and immediately removed the pilot from duty while we completed a thorough investigation,”

“Local law enforcement was called to respond at the time of the incident. The pilot has since been returned to work as our investigation found that his actions deescalated an altercation between passengers on the jetway floor during deplaning.

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No one is pressing charges.

Should the pilot have touched them or intervened at all?