Moment van drivers brawl at Majorca airport in front of horrified tourists
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Shocking footage captured the moment a fight erupted between two minibus drivers at Palma airport.
A video shows the pair exchanging punches and wrestling in front of confused passengers on Saturday morning.
One of the men falls onto his knees before a bystander steps in and tries to restrain the other in a bear hug as he fights to escape the clinch.
The brawl broke out when the pair started arguing over a group of passengers wanting a transfer, local media says.
Security guards had to intervene to separate the disgruntled duo, according to reports.
National Police officers went to the scene and took the details of the two men. Neither of them had suffered a serious injury.
A taxi driver who witnessed the incident described the pair as 'pirate' drivers.
'They pick up customers inside the airport, but they should not,' he told the Majorca Daily Bulletin.
There has been tension between minibus operators and licensed taxi drivers for years, with occasional fights breaking out.
But a fight between two minibus drivers is rare.
In 2016, a fight between a pair of taxi drivers made the headlines after one cab driver was caught on camera slapping another in the face on a busy Brisbane street.
As their cars were parked in a rank outside the Guzman y Gomez store on Albert Street, the two cabbies aggressively approached each other in the middle of the road.
A video of the bizarre incident was captured by Andrew Nguyen and uploaded to Facebook.
The footage shows a driver from a black Volkswagen signalling another cabbie as onlookers shout 'game on' in the background.
A Black and White Cabs driver attempts to slap his opponent across the face but his hand is swiftly blocked.
On his second attempt the Black and White Cabs driver lands his hand square on the Volkswagen driver's face.
The victim doesn't flinch and starts walking towards the other cabbie, starring him dead in the eyes.
The attacker runs for cover and his friend steps in to intervene.
The other cabbie walks back to his Volkswagen and drives off. It is not known what caused the incident.
Meanwhile, in 2015 two Colombian taxi drivers squared off in a chains-and-machete showdown after one allegedly stole the other's fare.
Shocking footage of the street brawl emerged of the encounter in the Alcala district of capital Bogota.
The two men are said to have fought for about a minute before appearing to agree to stop, without either man being seriously hurt.
One is armed with a vicious-looking length of chain, while the other wields a machete.
The men swing at one another a few times, but spend most of the encounter grappling.
One driver, dressed in black, holds the other at arm's length and says something which appears to calm his opponent.
After they part, the two drop into fighting poses again a look ready to renew the clash. But after a few more seconds they lower their weapons in favour of talking and pointing instead.
It is not clear which vehicle allegedly moved in on the other's fare.
