India, Nov. 4 -- A Hong Kong couple's public dispute at Vietnam's Da Nang International Airport spiralled out of control on Sunday night, forcing budget airline HK Express to remove both passengers before take-off.

The incident occurred ahead of Flight UO559, scheduled to depart for Hong Kong at 7.25 pm, according to a report in South China Morning Post. Videos circulating online captured the woman furiously confronting her boyfriend in the departure lounge, accusing him of visiting prostitutes and physically abusing her.

She claimed he had struck her "40 times" on October 1 and insisted she had "hospital records" from Gleneagles Hospital to prove it. "All of Hong Kong knows about your bad deeds," she shouted as bystanders looked on.

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