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3 women escorted off flight insist they're victims

Tue Dec 6, 2011 11:35 AM EST
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WEST PALM BEACH — Three women escorted off a flight from West Palm Beach insist they did nothing wrong.

The incident happened Monday afternoon aboard Air Tran flight 1451 to White Plains, N.Y.

According to passengers' accounts to television station WPTV (http://bit.ly/sewEuh), the first woman was kicked off the flight after complaining to a flight attendant about how he handled her overhead baggage. The second one said she was removed after asking for help with a broken seat. And the third said she was shown the door after complaining about the removal of the first two.

None was charged with a crime.

A spokeswoman for AirTran parent company Southwest Airlines Co. said Tuesday that the women were booked onto new flights and given compensation as "a gesture of goodwill for their inconvenience."

© 2011 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
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GaryColumbus

One more reason to never fly when you can take the train. To hell with the airline industry and especially the FAA who in supposed to be regulators but are actually advocates for the industry. Furthermore Reagan screwed the industry when he fired the air traffic controllers. Basically by Ronnie's one gesture profit comes before safety and consumers in general.

    Reply#1 - Tue Dec 6, 2011 12:19 PM EST
    gtouch

    For some reason I believe there is a lot more to this story than what is printed here.

      Reply#2 - Tue Dec 6, 2011 12:29 PM EST
      Frisco Kid

      This is more a reflection on today's society than anything else. Think about it, 130 or so strangers in cramped conditions amp'ed with a little anxiety that comes naturally in getting on a plane and you have a social experiment boiling on the stove.

      People are just ruder than they use to be.

      I have been flying regularly for the last 20 years and the number of rude incidents you see first hand like this use to be few and far between. Now it is common.

      I think the facts need to be established and if this is true (with what I have seen it would not surprise me in the least), the employee needs to be fired and the women given a couple of free flights. Let the others know there is a price for being rude...

        Reply#3 - Tue Dec 6, 2011 12:40 PM EST
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