An FAA employee was arrested and charged with assault after a scuffle in the air traffic control tower at Reagan Washington National Airport on March 27.

The arrest of an F.A.A. employee on assault and battery charges comes as flight operations at the airport have been under scrutiny since a passenger jet and an Army helicopter collided in January.

A fight in the air traffic control tower at Reagan National Airport, or DCA, in the Washington, D.C., area led to an employee being arrested and charged with assault.

Damon Marsalis Gaines, 39, of Upper Marlboro, Maryland, was charged with assault and battery, according to the airport. “The employee is on administrative leave while we investigate the matter ...

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Damon Marsalis Gaines, 39, of Upper Marlboro, Maryland, was charged with assault and battery, according to the airport. “The employee is on administrative leave while we investigate the matter ...

In March, two air traffic controllers got involved in a physical fight in the air traffic control tower at Washington Reagan National Airport. One of them, 39-year-old supervisor Damon Marsalis Gaines ...

Upper Marlboro, Maryland, resident Damon Marsalis Gaines, 38, was charged with assault and battery in relation to the incident. Politico reported that the suspect works in controller operations.

One person, Damon Marsalis Gaines — who works in controller operations, according to LexisNexis — has been charged with assault and battery. In a statement, the FAA said the employee involved ...

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Damon Marsalis Gaines, 39, was detained by the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority Police Department and charged with assault and battery, a spokesperson for the agency told The Independent.

Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority said in a statement to ABC News that police arrested Damon Marsalis Gaines last week after reports of a fight breaking out in the airport’s control tower.