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A pilot in the United States has threatened to “dump” Donald Trump’s loving passengers after they began singing on a flight from Washington, DC.
The American Airlines flight was heading to Phoenix, Arizona and was carrying a crowd of supporters of the US president following the protest and the subsequent deadly riot on Capitol Hill.
The chanting of “USA, USA” was heard in the main cockpit before the pilot made his announcement.
“We will leave this plane in the middle of Kansas and we will leave the people, I don’t care,” he said. “We’ll do that if that’s what it takes, so behave yourself, please.”
Matt York
The American Airlines flight was heading to Phoenix, Arizona (file photo).
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Mindy Robinson uploaded a video of the chants.
“Wow. I’m on a plane full of patriots flying from DC to Phoenix and we start yelling” EE. “… and the captain came and told us that he would leave us in Kansas if he had to if we didn’t obey. Every one of his rules. American Airlines is anything but American,” he wrote.
It was not the only problem on airplanes after the assault on the United States Capitol last week.
Alaska Airlines has banned 14 passengers after a noisy five-hour flight from Washington, DC to Seattle.
The passengers were traveling on Alaska Flight 1085, which departed Washington Dulles International Airport at around 5:20 p.m. local time.
The airline said that several passengers on the nearly complete flight “did not comply with masks, were rowdy, argued and harassed our crew members” and that 14 of them were banned from flying in Alaska as long as their pandemic mask policy is current.
“His behavior was unacceptable,” airline spokesman Ray Lane said in a statement. “We apologize to our other guests who were uncomfortable during the flight. We will not tolerate any disturbances on board our aircraft or at any of the airports we serve.”
Airlines were concerned about in-flight disturbances following the disturbances and a handful of onboard incidents on flights to Washington for the protests and tightened security starting Thursday as protesters headed home. Sara Nelson, director of the Association of Flight Attendants, which represents flight attendants on Alaska, United and other airlines, had urged airlines and law enforcement officials Wednesday night to ban the Protesters board planes to avoid in-flight disturbances.
Lane said Alaska doesn’t know what the banned passengers were doing in Washington. When asked if this is the largest number of banned passengers on a single flight, Lane said only that “this is a significant number.”
Alaska is not the only airline with problems on flights leaving Washington after the riots. Delta Air Lines recalled two “rebellious” passengers flying from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Minneapolis on Friday afternoon, spokesman Morgan Durrant said. USA Today.
The airline did not release details about the incident on Flight 3765. Durrant said the flight departed for Minneapolis after a brief delay.
During the pandemic, airlines have been prohibiting passengers from wearing masks as required. Alaska said it has now banned 302 passengers since early August. Delta has banned about 700 passengers.
– Things with USA Today and Spectee
