Delta Air Lines has come under fire for reportedly removing a passenger who went to the bathroom while the plane was delayed on the runway.
The Milwaukee-bound flight from Atlanta had been sat on the tarmac for about 30 minutes when Kima Hamilton, a 39-year-old 'DJ and poet', got up to ask the crew if he could go to the toilet.
"We weren't taking off. We were still. The plane isn't moving," he told the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel as he recalled the April 18 incident.
The attendants refused and he returned to his seat. But as the delay continued, he rose and quickly went to the bathroom.
"The pilot came on and said, 'Ladies and gentlemen, I'm sorry for the inconvenience but we have to return to the gate and remove a passenger,' " Mr Hamilton said.
"It escalated to that point that fast." |