New Bodycam Shows American Airlines Deplaning Everyone After Two Passengers Refused To Leave Wrong Seats

Back in January, two American Airlines coach passengers refused to leave seats that weren’t theirs so police took them off in cuffs. At the time there was video of them in the gate area being taken away. But I’ve only just seen video from on the aircraft itself: Police bodycam footage is just now available.

An American Airlines supervisor reportedly told deputies the women were intoxicated, had sat in the wrong seats, and refused to exit the aircraft after warnings. Everyone was forced off the aircraft in order to remove them.

When police boarded the aircraft, they were told that the women “refuse to come out.” The officer approached them:

If you guys do not [deboard/exit] the aircraft now, I am going to deplane [the aircraft]…You understand that?

A nearby passenger chimes in, “she understands it.” We see the women being cuffed on the jetbridge. The woman in the red “PSYCHO” tracksuit declares she’s recording, too. But that recording will not help her.

Originally reports framed them as having taken seats in first class when they were supposed to be in coach. That’s clearly not true. Here’s the gate removal that followed.

The women, who hail from Las Vegas, were later taken to Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center in nearby Doral. One listed her occupation as “actress” and the other as “real estate.” Here they’re both called OnlyFans models. They were charged with misdemeanor trespassing and posted $500 bail each.

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Comments

  1. Talk about “cannons.” Story pairs nicely with that Southwest post from June 5 (Carolina?) Which reminds me, how’s Cierra doing these days? (Been about a year since we got an update.)

  2. @Jay Gee I was thinking the same thing. May not ever say it out loud, but I was thinking it. I mean, her track suit told the whole story…psycho. People like this (and the increasing frequency of them on aircraft) is why I cannot have a job without travel soon enough.

  3. Yep saw that video of Skanks Are Us. Again, if the police have to get involved should be mandatory No Fly List (let them figure out how to get home some other way) and some jail time. Lowlifes flock together and the word in the hood and trailer park would soon be FA on a plane or in an airport and you will FO.

  4. Perfect example of some thinking any kind of attention is good. They could care less about inconveniencing all others. I say mando jail and NO FLY………..

  5. Here they’re both called OnlyFans models.

    I believe this is called “burying the lede.”

  6. I completely agree with putting people like this on the no fly list, but only as long as there is some sort of due process, common-sense banishment periods, and the ability to appeal.

  7. @Mike Hunt — 100%. This is the way. Due process is important. (Some are too quick to go full-Lemongrab… ‘no trial, 1 million-year’s dungeon!’ @L737).

  8. Wonder if Southwest would have required her to purchase an additional seat? Like the one in front vs the one next to her? Hmmm

  9. Major airlines should respect each other’s no-fly lists.

    These two should be banned from leaving Las Vegas.

  10. MY GAWD…the one in the red should be charged for oversized carry on because of her boobs alone! If she gets too close to a heater or stove, she could wind up with a pair of molded ashtrays or something. Arguing with the flight crew, especially the captain, isn’t going to go over well. Like a ship at sea, the captain of the airplane IS the final authority…right or wrong. Now, when found guilty, the airline should sue for the costs of this delay. Granted, you can’t get money from someone who doesn’t have the monetary wherewithal to pay, but put a garnishment on their paycheck, bank accounts and squeeze every last dollar. The airlines should ban together and collate a national do not fly list. Like many others, I have NO TOLERANCE for this behavior. I wonder if the inconvenienced passengers could individually sue these two boob…er broads?

  11. They were fighting to stay in those crappy seats? WTF?

    They are lucky the other passengers didn’t murder them.

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