Men on the plane dumped water on the cellphone, causing it to smolder, she said.
“It was definitely very, very frightening.” “Everyone kind of went crazy and then all of a sudden we see smoke and I heard the words ‘fire’ and then next to us there was the object literally smoking,” she said. “She was beating him with the phone and the phone exploded and caught on fire,” passenger Katie Engleson, of Parkland, told the station. Woman painting her nails on flight divides the internetĪir travel controversy: Passengers who recline their seats on flights are seen as ‘rude’Ī Southwest Airlines flight from Texas to Florida was forced to make an emergency landing when a woman reportedly clobbered her male traveling companion with a cellphone - which then “exploded.”įlight 4699 from Dallas to Fort Lauderdale was diverted to Pensacola on Wednesday after the woman’s makeshift weapon caught alight, Local 10 News reported. He said airline carriers must reform passenger policies, or else Congress will.Īnd “you’re not going to like it,” he warned.Passenger berates flight attendant before he’s kicked off plane in dispute over crying babyĪir travel passengers react to the issues making flights a nightmare these days House Transportation Committee Chairman Bill Shuster told The Washington Post in May that “there’s something clearly broken when passengers have been treated the way they have.” As the Deseret News reported, arguments ensued between passengers and flight officials as officers confronted the mother aggressively. They spotted a sleeping man in their seats so they switched to a pair of open chairs before they were asked to leave, according to the Deseret News.Īnd, also earlier this year, a mother with a crying baby in her arms was asked to leave an American Airlines flight. Similarly, a Utah couple got kicked off a United flight for switching seats. United later apologized for the incident.
David Dao, dragged off the flight with his glasses askew.
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It’s been a summer full of viral videos where passengers are asked to leave planes.īack in April, United Airlines forcibly removed a passenger from one of its flights after he refused to leave his seat, causing a nationwide outcry. "We publicly offer our apologies to this customer for her experience, and we will be contacting her directly to address her concerns." "We are disheartened by the way this situation unfolded and the customer's removal by local law enforcement officers," Southwest Airlines said in the statement, according to Time. “I can’t walk! He’s got my leg!” Daulatzai said in the videos.Īs she’s carried down the aisle, another man can be heard saying, “Geez, lady. Don’t touch me!”Īccording to the Times, a woman on the flight tried to calm Daulatzai down, telling her to show the police that she’s walking. Times.Īt one point, Daulatzai told officers, “I will walk off. “It went from this very quiet conversation and suddenly erupted into this big physical confrontation,” Dumas told the L.A. Let’s go.”Īs The Washington Post reported, the officers then “tug at her, or wrap their arms around her and try to pull her down the aisle.” Passengers captured the scene in what are now viral videos showing police officers asking the woman to leave. Officers were called to remove her from the plane and “were accused of being too aggressive,” The Washington Post reported.
The crew told her she could have the injection off the flight. "Our flight crew made repeated attempts to explain the situation to the customer, however, she refused to deplane and law enforcement became involved.”īill Dumas, who filmed a now-viral video of the confrontation, told NBC News that the woman asked for an injection to help alleviate symptoms from the allergy. “Our policy states that a customer (without a medical certificate) may be denied boarding if they report a life-threatening allergic reaction and cannot travel safely with an animal on board," the Southwest Airlines statement said. vCTzDhMkiH- Chris Stewart September 27, 2017 Complained of allergy to animal on board. Woman dragged off #Southwest flight from #Baltimore to #LosAngeles.
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