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As a record number of Americans are traveling for the holidays. There is tension in the skies with several cases of air rage caught on camera. Guad venegas has that and the video that's sparking outrage against one major airline.

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As millions travel this holiday week. There's trouble in the skies with unruly passengers. On Monday, this woman on a frontier flight from Orlando to Philadelphia becoming upset and pulling down her pants, according to a witness.

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I'm ready to be over here. Sorry, everybody. And as soon as we touched down, she decided that she wanted to be the first one off the plane. And then the lady decided that she was going to use the bathroom.

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Another incident on board another frontier airlines flight, this one from Houston to Denver. Witnesses say mid flight, the passenger began yelling she was being kidnapped. The flight diverted to a Dallas airport. NBC news reached out to frontier airlines regarding the incidents, but has not heard back. This as a video of a wheelchair crashing onto the tarmac at Miami international sparks outrage online. The traveler who posted the clip writing, I saw them do this and laugh with the first two wheelchairs. I had to get it on film. American airlines now reviewing the incident, saying this visual is deeply concerning and we are gathering more details so that we can address them with our team.

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What the handlers of our wheelchairs probably don't understand is that, like I said, these are a person's legs.

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Senator Tammy duckworth, who uses a wheelchair and is an advocate, urging congress to make air travel more accessible.

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Too many air carriers have demonstrated that drastically reducing the rate of broken wheelchairs and assistive devices is simply not a corporate priority.

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Another challenge for air travelers, as many get ready to head back home after Thanksgiving. Guadvanegas, NBC News.

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