Commotion at Juan Santamaria Over Oversold Flight
Overselling seats is a common practice by many airlines and such was the case of Spanish airline Iberia when it bumped 40 passengers from it's flight 6301 headed for Madrid, Spain by way of Panama.

The 40 passengers decided to create havoc and formed a blockade, not allowing other passengers to check in, until police had to step in to control he angry crowd.

The group, mainly Panamanians and Spaniards, were angry that the airline sold them tickets and then could not carry them to their destination.

A spokesperson for Iberia in Spain told the news agency Acan-Efe that they oversold the flight and problems with maintenance of several aircrafts casued the confusion and that the airline was not in the habit of overselling flights.

Iberia confirmed that is contracted airplanes from Tikal Jet to carry the 40 passengers, however, the group refused to board the planes, saying that they did not pay to be carried on "old" airplanes that do not offer the same security as the fleet maintained by Iberia.

Jaime Pérez Guerra, press relations officer for Iberia, said that they do not compromise passenger security when the company outsources aircraft. "We will not risk the reputation of the company and the security of the passengers", Pérez told Acan-Efe.

However, in the end, the situation returned to normal and the group boarded the Tika Jet plane headed for Panama.