Since the beginning of the epidemic, the "demon moth incident" that has occurred on various flights has not stopped.
Recently, an American aunt and Southwest Airlines were on the bar: just because they took off the mask and drank saliva on the plane, they were forced to get off the plane, and the big mother sued Southwest Airlines in court with a paper, claiming tens of millions.
On Jan. 7, Medora Clai Reading, a 68-year-old Florida woman, flew on a Southwest Airlines plane planning to fly from Washington, D.C., to Palm Beach, Florida.
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Due to health problems such as heart disease and low blood sugar, she had to take off her mask regularly and drink water.
Reading claimed that just before takeoff, when she took off her mask again to drink water, an "unfriendly" flight attendant came up to her and asked her to wear a mask.
Although she showed her medical exemption card to the flight attendant, she was told "we don't care" and said she had to keep her mask on the plane.
Reading said that when she was kicked off the plane in tears, she was also ridiculed by a pilot who did not wear a mask.
The angry Reading then took the flight attendants, two gate clerks and pilots to court, accusing her of violating the Federal Air Carrier Access Act, which prohibits discrimination against disabled passengers, and demanding $10 million in damages from Southwest Airlines.
According to the lawsuit, Ms Reading said she informed Southwest about her health as early as when she purchased the ticket, and they allowed her to board the plane first and sit in the front seat of the plane.
And afterwards, Southwest Airlines did not refund the cost of her ticket.
Southwest Airlines said in a statement that it was currently conducting a preliminary investigation into the complaint and had no comment on the lawsuit.
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Alas, the Federal Aviation Administration said that in 2021 alone, airline crew submitted 5,981 reports of "unruly" passengers, of which 4,290 were related to masks.
Last month, a woman was kicked off to a U.S. Airlines flight after a violent fight with a passenger on the same plane who did not wear a mask.
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Patricia Cornwall, who was on a flight from Tampa to Atlanta at the time of the dispute, disputed that 69-year-old passenger Russell Miller took off his mask to eat and drink in his seat.
The two verbally abused each other on the spot, which eventually turned into physical violence.
Witnesses saw female passengers beating, scratching and spitting at the older male passenger. At least one crew member and multiple passengers were injured while trying to dissuade them.
Finally, when the plane landed at the Atlanta airport, the female passenger was arrested by police.
It is not easy for everyone in the epidemic period!
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