The issue was that it was past the check-in cutoff time at Los Angeles International for the flight, but the agent offered to rebook him on an alternate flight.
"Are you operating an airline here or not?" Aldrin asked on the video. "We've been sitting here now 20 minutes waiting for somebody to come and fix a two-minute problem…. This is the most lousy operation I've ever seen."
At one point, Aldrin stands up out of his wheelchair, frustrated about having to be booked on an alternate flight.
A TMZ cameraman later caught up with Aldrin, who seemed to have cooled off. "Look, my son worked for Delta, I know the people quite well," Aldrin said.
The astronaut said he’d get a later flight.
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