Taxi drivers turned an airport exit into a makeshift boxing ring after a row over a passenger pick-up spot.
At least 20 drivers were involved in the mass brawl outside Galeão International Airport in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Wednesday (30 September).
Shocking footage shows the men trading punches and kicks, with two left floored in the chaos.
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But the clips offer no clue as to what triggered the brawl.
One taxi driver blamed a change to the taxi-rank signage for the row, as reported by Need To Know.
He said it had left two groups of drivers competing for the same spot outside Exit A, rather than being separated between Exits B and C.
Airport operator RIOgaleão said the confrontation happened as a Táxi.Rio rank was being removed from the second-floor departures area.
The change had been requested to improve the flow of vehicles entering the airport.
“The airport security team intervened in the early afternoon on Wednesday to contain a conflict between taxi drivers from cooperatives and Táxi.Rio,” RIOgaleão said.
It added: “The situation was controlled.”
The city’s Municipal Transport Secretariat said the old rank had been replaced with a new five-space rank in the arrivals area.
It said the new rank was open to all taxi drivers and operated on a queue system, rather than being reserved for particular drivers or cooperatives.
The authority also said the move was intended to prevent drivers from illegally approaching passengers or charging fares without using a meter.
Police said they had increased their presence in the area to stabilise the situation.
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