LA Times: How airlines decide when to kick a passenger off a plane
Apr 20, 2016, 8:41 am
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LA Times: How airlines decide when to kick a passenger off a plane
Two women were removed from a JetBlue Airways plane for reportedly staring at a flight attendant.
The leader of a popular rock band was kicked off a Southwest Airlines flight for refusing to pull up his baggy pants.
A UC Berkeley student said he was booted from a Southwest flight for speaking Arabic.
Examples of passengers being removed from flights have gained increased attention since the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, which began with the hijacking of four commercial planes.
The leader of a popular rock band was kicked off a Southwest Airlines flight for refusing to pull up his baggy pants.
A UC Berkeley student said he was booted from a Southwest flight for speaking Arabic.
Examples of passengers being removed from flights have gained increased attention since the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, which began with the hijacking of four commercial planes.
Apr 20, 2016, 2:24 pm
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I remember belligerent drunks, argumentative passengers and other obnoxious behavior being tolerated pre-9/11, and I think the fact that it is easier to get kicked off a plane nowadays is a good thing. Helps decrease that kind of activity and makes flying more pleasant.
Apr 20, 2016, 6:55 pm
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From the article:
In other accounts, Makhzoomi said he told his uncle how he asked a question during the event about Islamic State.
Makhzoomi was escorted off the plane and interviewed by airport police and the FBI.
A spokesman for the Los Angeles World Airports Police said another Arabic speaker on the plane said Makhzoomi was overheard mentioning the name of a terrorist organization in the phone conversation.
"The individual found the comments alarming and disturbing," Officer Rob Pedregon said. But he added that the police did not have enough evidence to substantiate the claim.
Makhzoomi was escorted off the plane and interviewed by airport police and the FBI.
A spokesman for the Los Angeles World Airports Police said another Arabic speaker on the plane said Makhzoomi was overheard mentioning the name of a terrorist organization in the phone conversation.
"The individual found the comments alarming and disturbing," Officer Rob Pedregon said. But he added that the police did not have enough evidence to substantiate the claim.
Apr 20, 2016, 7:13 pm
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Apr 21, 2016, 2:17 am
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CNN reports this differently:
No word about the ISIS, more like being kicked-off for speaking Arabic.
While he waited for takeoff on his flight from Los Angeles to Oakland, California, they chatted in Arabic about an event he'd been excited to attend the day before: a dinner with U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.
"I just called him and talked to him about it and everything, and he told me (to) call him when I get to Oakland, and I said, 'insha'Allah insha'Allah (God willing), I will call you when I arrive.' And during the conversation a lady was staring at me," Makhzoomi said.
"I just called him and talked to him about it and everything, and he told me (to) call him when I get to Oakland, and I said, 'insha'Allah insha'Allah (God willing), I will call you when I arrive.' And during the conversation a lady was staring at me," Makhzoomi said.
Apr 27, 2016, 7:59 am
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Fortunately, I've never been removed from the flight. In contrast I and other passengers waited for a long time - at least 20 minutes or 30 - for missing passengers. And they seemed even a bit drunk. Indeed, Europeap airlines are very loyal
Apr 28, 2016, 10:35 am
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I have never been removed from a flight, but i have friends who got a strong strong talking too for being visibly intoxicated asking for more drinks. They consider it a badge of honor (
). I consider them people I refuse to travel with.
). I consider them people I refuse to travel with.
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Questioning an Italian writing differential equations... brilliant. Just brilliant.
