5 Times People Got Kicked Off Flights For Weird Reasons

Due to terrorist attacks like 9/11, it's only natural that airport security would be enhanced. Keeping passengers safe in the air is extremely important, and sometimes luggage and body searches are entirely necessary. However, some airlines may have gone too far when “protecting” the plane. Here are five ridiculous reasons people were kicked off of flights:

1. Before takeoff in 2012, a little boy threw a fit because he didn’t want to turn off his iPad. After a few minutes of screaming and crying, the whole family was asked to leave for the safety and comfort of the other passengers.

2. A Berkeley Student boarded a plane just last month and was soon removed because another passenger claimed that he was making threats in Arabic. It turns out that he was actually talking to his uncle about a speech to which he had listened!

3. On a flight in Canada, a 6’9” man had his legs resting in the aisle. (Even for people of average heights, fitting into the space you are provided with can be very uncomfortable - it's perfectly understandable!) After he accidentally tripped a flight attendant and couldn’t fit into the space in front of him, he was asked to leave.

4. A travel blogger on a United Airline flight took a picture of the TV screen and tray-table in front of him. While waiting for the flight to take off, a crew member approached him and said that a flight attendant told him to stop taking pictures and he ignored her. The passenger said that he didn’t continue to take pictures and that the attendant was lying. The crew member then threatened to call the police if he didn’t exit the plane.

5. In 2014, a French passenger was embarrassed and humiliated on an airplane after a flight attendant confronted him about his body odor. She threatened to have him removed from the flight and said that he should take a shower before the next time he visits an airport. He sprayed himself with a woman’s perfume so he could stay on the plane.

Sources:

Klint, Matthew. "Thrown off a United Airline for Taking Pictures!" Upgrd.com. N.p., Feb.-Mar. 2013.Web. 10 May 2016.

Fitzpatrick, Alex. "5 Times People Have Gotten Kicked Off Flights for Ridiculous Reasons." Time.com. Time Magazine, 9 May 2016. Web. 10 May 2016.