Spirit requires all passengers to wear face coverings over their nose and mouth, except when eating or drinking. Orlando police have stated publicly that, though present at the gate, they did not take an active role in this situation.” Sutton told The Post: “There is no truth to claims that a flight attendant ‘wasn’t allowed to get back on board’ or that police became involved with a flight attendant. “The only thing that happened with the flight attendant was that after two hours of a delay, there was a crew change required and somebody captured police who had come to the gate for the general situation locking down the concourse at the same time as this flight attendant was going on to their next assignment,” spokesman Field Sutton told New Jersey 101.5.
Some social media posts and the Daily Mail claimed that a male flight attendant, said to also have been involved in the spat, was kicked off the flight and “escorted” off by police, citing a video showing him walking in the terminal near some cops.Ī Spirit spokesperson explained that the employee was actually just leaving due to a crew change. The family was given a warning and allowed to reboard the flight and proceed to their destination, the rep said. “Upon arrival, officers saw that the flight was in the middle of de-boarding. Our officers stood by, while Spirit Airlines resolved the issue,” a spokesman said.Ī Spirit representative insisted to The Post that it was the parents who broke the airline’s face covering policy, and that their violation was not caught on camera. Orlando police said they were called just before noon Monday about a general disturbance aboard a Spirit flight out of the airport. He also notes that his wife is pregnant, that his daughter just turned 2 and that his son, who was sitting nearby, has special needs and experiences seizures.Ī third video showed cops in the walkway leading out of the plane, with one female officer heard saying, “They’re the ones who were the problem” as the family appears to walk by. The parents talking to a flight attendant on the Spirit Airlines flight.
The flight attendant threatened to call the police before walking away, according to the video.Īnother clip showed all the passengers packing up as the dad tells someone, “The captain was OK with it, the entire plane was OK with it but there was one African American that was not OK with it.” The mom continued to plead that “She’s a baby. The pilot wants you off, so you have to get off,” she said. You have to take your stuff and get off,” the airline worker insisted, repeatedly saying the family was in “non-compliance with the mask policy.” All the passengers from Orlando to NY were deplaned. The mom argued, “That’s only a child and a 2-year-old.” Video shows a Spirit Airlines flight attendant telling a Jewish family they were non-compliant because their 2-year-old was not wearing a mask while eating. Everything is going to be fine,” said a man who appeared to be filming the interaction. Was I wearing the mask the whole time? Was I wearing the mask the whole time, everybody?” said the dad, who pulled his mask down and back up several times during the encounter. “The baby?” the mom replied incredulously.Ī woman seated next to them points out that “a lot of kids aren’t wearing masks.” The dad pulled his mask up over his mouth and nose but the Spirit staffer nodded to the tot and said, “She’s not wearing a mask,” according to the clip. In footage posted on social media, a flight attendant told the Jewish family - including a toddler sitting on her pregnant mom’s lap eating yogurt and a dad who pulled his mask down to speak with the airline worker - that they needed to exit the plane for “non-compliance” with the mask rules. Video shows a Spirit Airlines flight attendant threatening to kick a family of four off a plane in Florida on Monday - arguing that their 2-year-old girl wasn’t wearing a mask.Īll of the passengers on the flight from Orlando to Atlantic City were eventually forced to get off the plane before later being allowed back on board. JetBlue swoops in with $3.6B offer for rival Spirit Airlines: report Spirit shares plunge after airline rejects JetBlue offer on antitrust risks JetBlue goes hostile in bid for Spirit after $3.6B offer rejected JetBlue sweetens offer for Spirit Airlines as bidding war heats up
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