Aviation Gazette

Bringing the aviation news to you!

  • About me
  • Extra
    • In Loving Memory of Laurent Sorelli
    • Airport Webcams
  • iflyA380
  • Daily Email Information
  • Contact Me
AviationGazette © 2022 ______________________________ Log in

Spirit Airlines gives the boot to 6 black passengers

November 3, 2015 By bernard.montrel@gmail.com

623941
Passengers of Spirit Airlines Flight 868 accused the company of racism after an altercation over a seat resulted in three black couples being escorted off of the plane at Los Angeles International Airport.
The confusion Monday night started after the passengers claimed the seat was double-booked. After a white flight attendant accused a member of the group of being a threat, the police came and took the six people off of the plane, witnesses told CBS Los Angeles.
ā€œI’m really humiliated just for the simple fact that you hear about this type of stuff happening in America, discrimination issues and stuff like that, but to actually experience it first-hand,ā€ Alexandria Wright, one of the six passengers in the center of the controversy, told the channel.
“It was more than just us having the conversation. Why is that six black people got kicked off the plane?” Wright asked.
After the plane left without the six passengers and landed in Dallas, witnesses told the channel that the banned couples were being disruptive.
In a statement to CBS News, Spirit Airlines said: “Four passengers became unruly and were causing trouble with other passengers. Flight crew asked them to stop. When they did not, law enforcement was called and they were removed from the flight.”
It was not immediately clear why a third couple left the plane.
RT News

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Black Couple, Racism, Racist, Spirit Airlines

Search

Recents Articles

  • Norwegian Air Shuttle launches two flights from Bergen to the US
  • Mickey Mouse delays flight to London Heathrow by 4 hours…
  • King of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia brings 417Tonnes (metric tonne) and a gold escalator
  • McDonellsDouaglas MD-88 retire from the LaGuardia Sky
  • Forbes #1 US airline is: Alaska Airlines

Tags cloud

737 737-800 737NG 767 777 777-200 787 787-8 A320 A321 A330 A350XWB A380 Airbus Air Canada Air France Alaska Airlines American Airlines Boeing Bombardier British Airways California Canada China Cuba Delta Air Lines Dreamliner Egypt Embraer Florida France Ireland Israel jetBlue London Los Angeles New York Paris Peoples Republic of China Russia Southwest Airlines United-Kingdom United Airlines US USA