Heated wheelchair exchange at Atlanta airport captured on video

Intense scene on the jet bridge for a Delta Airlines flight…a passenger waiting for a wheelchair got into a vulgar verbal altercation with an airport employee…and it’s all on video.

TMZ has obtained footage of Monday’s explosive incident in Atlanta, which shows an airline traveler on crutches and his foot in a cast arguing with a woman at the airport wheelchair service…repeatedly calling her a “bitch.” mentions.

People who were there say the man was angry because it took so long to get a wheelchair… and he started yelling.

The video continues with the traveler in an epic shouting match with the woman from the wheelchair service… and she has to be physically separated from him and escorted to the terminal.

We’re told this all happened after a Delta flight from Albany, NY to Atlanta… and the police spoke to the man when he arrived at the concourse, but did not arrest him.

Honchos at Delta Airlines tell TMZ… “At least Delta won’t tolerate unruly behavior.”