0 Video shows confrontation on Frontier flight at Orlando International Airport 
 
 ORLANDO, Fla. - Video shows a confrontation that erupted after a deaf pregnant woman said a man punched her and her service dog as their Frontier flight was taxiing to a gate at Orlando International Airport. 
 
 The family of the man said it was all a misunderstanding. 
 
 Hazel Ramirez admits that her fiancé, Matthew Silva, tackled Timothy Manley in the terminal early Thursday. 
 
 But she said that was after Manley punched her service dog. 
 
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 She told police the attack happened after the flight from Colorado Springs landed in Orlando when "the larger service animal took up more space than Timothy felt it deserved." 
 
 Ramirez, who is deaf, spoke to Channel 9 Friday evening through a sign language interpreter. 
 
 "My fiancé started yelling at the man and said, 'Don't you ever touch our dog. Don't touch a service animal ever,'" she said. "'That's not OK.'" 
 
 Video shows Ramirez and her fiancé respond by angrily signing at Manley. 
 
 Petrini Manley, Timothy Manley's wife, told Channel 9 her husband accidentally swatted the great Dane when it startled him, but he couldn't convey that to Ramirez's fiancé. 
 
 She said her husband is an animal lover who would never intentionally harm a dog. 
 
 Petrini Manley said her son recorded video that shows Silva kicking her husband in anger -- proof that Silva was the aggressor. 
 
 But Ramirez, who is 20 weeks pregnant, said it didn't escalate into a tackle until Manley punched her in the stomach after her fiancé shouted at him. 
 
 "That's when my fiancé just became furious, because he put his hands on me and the kid and the dog," she said. 
 
 She said her fiancé was trying to keep everyone there until police arrived, but Manley's family said it never understood that and instead felt they were being held hostage. 
 
 Petrini Manley said Silva is the one who got violent first, even causing her glasses to break. 
 
 The Orlando Police Department has handed over the case to the FBI since the incident happened on a plane. 
 
 An FBI spokesman said the agency is working with OPD to determine whether anyone will be charged in the case. 
 
 A Frontier Airlines spokesperson told Eyewitness News: "The safety and security of our passengers is our top priority at Frontier. Police were immediately notified to aid in deescalating the situation." 
 
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 A 59-year-old man punched a deaf pregnant woman and her service dog inside a Frontier jet upon landing in Orlando on Friday, Orlando police said. 
 
 According to a police report, Timothy Manley was traveling from Colorado Springs along with his wife, Petrini Manley, 56, and Joshua Manley, 27, all from Gainesville. 
 
 Petrini Manley complained of being allergic to dogs as the plane descended and was being taxied to the gate at the Orlando International Airport. The service animal, a Great Dane, woke up and Timothy Manley told police the dog “took up more space than [he] felt it deserved.” 
 
 Timothy Manley then punched the service dog, Zariel, causing it to yelp. The dog shook its head and hid under a seat, according to the police report. 
 
 The 21-year-old woman and her 30-year-old partner, who is also deaf, tried to yell at Timothy Manley as best as they could, the report indicates. 
 
 Police said Timothy Manley then got into the man’s face and punched the woman, who is about 20 weeks pregnant. 
 
 Two officers arrived at the scene of the scuffle as Timothy Manley passed by them, saying “It took you all long enough to get here,” according to the report. 
 
 The 30-year-old man said he tackled Timothy Manley until police arrived. All the people involved declined medical treatment, but the woman said she wants to prosecute and is willing to testify in court. 
 
 Michelle Guido, Orlando Police Department spokeswoman, said the incident report has been handed over to the FBI, which is handling the investigation since the altercation happened on the plane. 
 
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– Violence erupted on a Frontier flight Thursday and spilled into Orlando International Airport when a passenger allegedly punched a deaf pregnant woman and her service dog, the Orlando Sentinel reports. It began when passenger Timothy Manley's wife complained about being allergic to the Great Dane, so he punched it, making the dog yelp and hide under the seat, police say. The dog's deaf owners, Matthew Silva and fiancee Hazel Ramirez, shouted and signed angrily at the Manleys as the plane taxied to the gate. WFTV has cell phone video showing Silva, 30, kicking Manley, 59, in his seat. At some point Manley allegedly punched 20-week-pregnant Ramirez in the stomach, and Silva tackled Manley in the terminal—apparently to keep him there until police arrived. Later, Manley's wife Petrini told WFTV that her husband just swatted the service dog by mistake when it startled him, but she told police that it began when "the larger service animal took up more space than Timothy felt it deserved." None involved accepted medical treatment, but Ramirez, 21, says she will prosecute. The FBI is investigating because it started on an airplane, and will decide whether to press charges.