The video shows a Spirit Airlines flight attendant threatening to kick a family of four from a Florida plane on Monday, claiming their 2-year-old daughter was not wearing a mask.
All passengers on the flight from Orlando to Atlantic City were eventually forced to get off the plane before being let back on board.
In the pictures posted on social media, a flight attendant told the Jewish family – including a small child sitting on her pregnant mother’s lap eating yogurt and a father with a mask around his chin – that he had to get off the plane for “disobeying” the mask rules.
The father removed his mask over his mouth and nose, but the Spirit staff nodded and said “He’s not wearing a mask,” according to the video.
“The child?” replied the distrustful mother.
A woman sitting next to them points out that “many children do not wear masks.”
“You stood by me. Did I wear the mask all the time? Did everyone wear the mask all the time? “Said the father, who pulled his mask down and back several times during the meeting.
“I’ll make sure he wears it.” Everything will be fine “, said a man who seemed to be filming the interaction.
The mother argued: “This is just a child and a 2-year-old child.”
“It is not my choice. You have to take your things and get off, ”the airline worker insisted, repeatedly saying that the family respects“ non-compliance with the mask policy ”.
“I finished talking. The pilot wants you to leave, so you have to get off, ”she said.
The mother continued to plead that “She is a child. He just turned 2 a month ago. He tried to wear it. ”
The flight attendant threatened to call the police before leaving, according to the video.
Another clip showed all the passengers packing as a father tell someone“The captain was fine, the whole plane was fine, but there was an African-American who wasn’t right with him.”
He also notes that his wife is pregnant, that his daughter has just turned 2 years old and that his son, who lived nearby, has special needs and has seizures.
A the third video he pointed to cops on the walkway coming out of the plane, with a female officer heard saying “They’re the ones who were the problem” as the family seems to pass.
Orlando police said they were called just before noon on Monday for a general disturbance aboard a Spirit flight departing from the airport.
“On arrival, the officers saw that the flight was in the middle of the landing. Our officers remained standing, while Spirit Airlines solved the problem, “said a spokesman.
A Spirit official insisted to The Post that the parents had violated the airline’s cover policy and that their violation had not been caught on camera.
The family received a warning and was allowed to board the flight again and go to the destination, the representative said.
some posts on social networks and the Daily Mail claimed that a male flight attendant, who is said to have been involved in spitting, was kicked out and “escorted” by police, citing a video showing him walking to the terminal next to police.
A Spirit spokesman explained that the employee was just leaving due to a change of crew.
“The only thing that happened to the flight attendant was that, after two hours of delay, it was necessary to change the crew and someone captured police officers who had come to the gate for the general situation closing the room at the same time as this flight attendant. they were on their next mission, ”Field Sutton spokesman for New Jersey 101.5 said.
Sutton told The Post: “There is no truth in the allegations that a flight attendant was ‘not allowed to return to the board’ or that the police were involved with a flight attendant. Orlando police said publicly that, although present at the gate, she did not play an active role in this situation. ”
Spirit requires all passengers to wear face masks over their noses and mouths unless eating or drinking. Children under the age of 2 are exempt.