A belligerent, intoxicated passenger nearly caused a full deplaning on a severely delayed United Airlines flight. But in the end, a fed-up traveler finally coaxed the man, who refused to commit to behaving onboard, to leave the aircraft voluntarily.
He wasn’t asked to leave initially. He was simply asked, multiple times, if he could agree to be calm and not cause problems once airborne. That’s it. He couldn’t do it. Slurring his words and visibly impaired, he refused to answer the supervisor’s reasonable and repeated request for reassurance. The supervisor, to her credit, remained calm and patient throughout the interaction.
Eventually, with Vladimir still refusing to cooperate, the supervisor returned and warned that the entire plane would have to deplane if he didn’t comply. That’s when the crowd began to turn. Finally, another passenger seated in 29A stepped in, had an exchange of words with Vladimir, and the man (finally) got up and walked off the aircraft on his own.
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