"Not going to save anybody": Exit row passenger prompts plane evacuation
A whole plane has been forced to disembark after a woman seated in the exit row refused to comply with safety instructions.
Passengers were up in arms when they had to leave the plane, after the woman was overheard telling cabin crew that she would only save herself in the event of an emergency, before yelling at flight attendants.
The interaction, which was captured by another passenger on video and posted to TikTok, shows the woman becoming heated while talking to cabin crew on the Frontier flight.
The passenger can then be seen and heard progressively raising her voice to cabin crew, with fellow flyers pleading with the woman to disembark the plane.
The traveller who filmed the altercation claims the woman said she was “not going to save anybody” when seated in the exit row, saying the disgruntled passenger had “attitude” and went on to say that if something were to happen, she would “only save” herself.
“That was her attitude throughout the seating process. And I already knew something was about to pop off when she had that attitude,” the TikTok user said.
The altercation only became more heated as the yelling progressed, before police eventually arrived on the plane to escort the woman off.
The video then shows another Frontier employee approach the passenger and say, “I’m gonna ask you one more time, nicely, to get off, if not, we’re going to deboard the plane and police will come and escort you off.”
When the cabin crew make repeated futile attempts to get through the woman, the pilot came down from the cockpit to try and call for calm.
“You’re inconveniencing everybody else,” the pilot can be heard saying to the woman. as the pair continue to exchange words while he repeatedly points toward the front of the plane.
Following the failed attempts, two police officers then make their way down the aisle and towards the passenger.
Towards the end of the five-minute video, which has been viewed more than 80,000 times, all the passengers on board the flight were filmed disembarking the aircraft while the passenger at the centre of the ordeal exits with police from a separate door onto the tarmac.
It is unclear if charges were laid.
Image credits: TikTok