Posted on 06/05/2013 4:04:16 AM PDT by servo1969
Yup
And yes, ENYC, if I had known that this was the new name of the old Joel Braverman I would not have made the mistake I did - which I already addressed upthread.
CNN, I'm going to keep reposting this until you add it to this article.
This was posted yesterday....This person gives a lot better version than CNN:
disqus_uTPJU7wqIs • 1 day ago
I was on this flight, and was waiting for this to hit the news, though I did not think it would be CNN. The first commotion came from the lack of overhead baggage space, the students brought way to much stuff to carry on. The attendants were having to go row by row and forcing some students to check their bags. Some of the students were not happy, and I could see and hear the back and fourth from my seat. As this was happening a few students were up and about, which upset the attendant also. She got worked up pretty easy, but I don't blame her. Around this time the captain came on the overhead and said to comply with the attendants as they try and situated everybody for the flight. But for one reason or another, things seemed to get louder. From what I was told, cause I could not see from my seat, another attendant confronted another student for a reason I don't, who also became unruly.
I think the flight crew has some type of communication system for situations that could become troublesome. Because soon after that the seatbelt lights came on, and the captain said something over the intercom again, then I see him and the attendants about 10 rows up confronting who I think was a chaperon.
About 10 minutes later the captain came on the intercom and asked everybody to calmly deboard the plane row by row, that it was a non emergency. It was in the terminal that we hard by word of mouth that a flight attendant felt threatened by a couple of students and the flight crew asked those students to be removed from the aircraft.
The chaperons informed the flight crew that they could not abandon the students. The flight crew was adamant in not letting those students back on the plane. The chaperons took the position if you kick them all out, then you have to kick all of us out, because we don't have permission to fly with the group separated. So, the airline told them take it or leave it. So, technically they were all kicked out cause they refuse to go on without the whole group.
FWIW, this at least provide a clearer picture of what happened. Of course, it is from the Internet via CNN, so you never know how much truth is actually here.
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