Wed, Sep 01, 2010
Some Other Passengers Also Decided To Change Planes
Things got a little hairy as passengers boarded United
Airlines Flight 727 at Dulles airport in the Washington, DC area
going to Tampa Sunday night. One of the passengers made a comment
to a flight crew member, which resulted in nine men being removed
from the plane, and another 15 passengers deciding to change their
travel plans.
The nature of the comment has still not been revealed, but
United spokeswoman Megan McCarthy told CNN that the nine men were
interviewed and then re-booked on a Monday flight to Tampa. She
said the crew refused to fly with the nine passengers on board.
Accounts vary as to what actually happened on the airplane. The
Tampa Tribune reports that while the airline said local authorities
were involved in removing the passengers from the plane, the
Metropolitan Washington Airport Authority Police said the
passengers were already off the plane when they arrived at the
gate.
Television station WTSP reports that there were 15 other
passengers who requested a different flight after seeing the others
removed from the plane. One of the passengers who took a later
flight to Tampa, John Luke, told the station that the nine were
seated throughout the plane, and that police came in with their
hands on their guns and escorted the men off the aircraft. He said
that the fact that the men appeared to know each other triggered
concern for himself and other passengers, and they asked to be
flown to Tampa on a later flights.
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