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Traveler Removed from American Airlines Flight for Playing Videos Without Headphones

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Her voice was impossible to ignore.

A passenger on an American Airlines flight erupted into a profanity-laden outburst after allegedly being removed from the plane for blasting a cell phone video via loudspeaker.

The clip shows the woman cursing at the flight crew as she was escorted off the aircraft by police, despite her insistence that she had ceased playing the video following a “second warning.”

“I played a video for 30 f—king seconds at 50% volume, and that’s the f—king reason you’re kicking me off?” she exclaimed. Another traveler described the woman as appearing “drunk.”


An American Airlines passenger shouts on a plane.
An American Airlines passenger shouted at cabin crew before she was removed from a plane. @jcmack03/TikTok

The infuriated passenger, reportedly disruptive even before the Miami to Tampa flight departed the gate, continued to bombard the crew with expletives and brazenly challenged them to involve law enforcement.

“What the actual f–k?” the passenger said as she carried on her tirade, shared on TikTok on Feb. 26.

She went on to claim that she “stopped after the second warning.”

The disgruntled traveler repeated her claim she only played a video for 30 seconds and two officers tried to reason with her.

“Listen. Is this not a free speech America or are we being a–holes to literally everybody?” she asked one cop.

She then claimed she was “keeping the peace” before asking the officers: “Can I not express my feelings?”


A passenger being removed from a plane by a sheriff.
She was reportedly warned about playing videos through her loudspeaker — before she was seen clashing with officers. @jcmack03/TikTok

The other cop then chimed in to say: “You can express your feelings over there,” pointing to the front of the plane.

The traveler sarcastically thanked others for recording her – before she was eventually led toward the exit.

She wagged her finger while the other passengers thanked the officers and burst into applause.

@jcmack03

A drunk lady on an American Airlines flight from Miami to Tampa refused to use headphones and was loudly playing videos from her phone. The flight attendants politely asked her to use headphones before we even left the gate, and the lady immediately got angry, rude and belligerent. She was shouting and cursing at employees and other passengers. It continued until law enforcement finally came and thankfully removed her. The American Airlines employees handled it very well and were respectful the entire time. Just a wild situation. Never in my life did I think I’d witness this. #airplane #drunk #americanairlines #miami #florida

♬ original sound – jcmack03

The woman causing the commotion was also seen sarcastically applauding as she trooped down the aisle.

The Post has approached American for comment.

Meanwhile, United bosses have updated the company’s contract of carriage, mandating all passengers to wear headphones while using their cell phone to listen to music or watch videos, as reported by CBS News.

Flyers who refuse to comply not only risk being removed off planes – but could see themselves permanently banned from using United services.

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