Southwest Airlines Staff Member Taken to Hospital Following Reported Passenger Assault

A Southwest Airlines jet sits at a gate at Orlando International Airport in Orlando, Fla., on Oct. 11, 2021. Joe Skipper/Reuters

A Southwest Airlines staff member was taken to a hospital after an alleged assault at Dallas Love Field.

In contrast with some early media reports, the airline stated that the employee wasn’t a flight attendant, but an operations agent, The Hill reported.