Watch the video closely. It did not fly out of his hand. The phone was still filming his feet from quite a distance up after the employees hand moved towards it, then fingers could be observed holding it.
The airline employee did move her hand towards the camera. Straight for it as to block it. There was no swatting motion shown, which would have shown the person moving her arm from one side to the other, making contact with the phone, with the phone flying in the direction of the moving hand.
This is BS.
I hope the airline fights this and wins, maybe even counter sue.
I was about to post something like this if no one else did. The last part of the video shows feet, which means it was facing downward. If it had been knocked out of his hand, it would be showing nothing (the floor) or upward. Looks like what she did was swat it from a filming position on her to filming the floor.
Still, no cause for it. It’s still assault. It’s still violent.
Hey, no pausing to wait for the other side of the story!
If true, then at the very least it’s assault. Especially given the age of the vic. The agent should still be up on charges. And I hope those parents take that bloody airline to the cleaners.
Q for Delta’s shareholders: Seen enough yet...?