https://freerepublic.com/tag/inflightsmoking/ en-us Tue, 13 Dec 2022 04:42:19 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4115875/posts This past week, a video was posted showing a passenger lighting a cigarette aboard an American Airlines flight. The four-second video shows the man lighting the cigarette and nothing else. However, the filming passenger Sara Radosevich stated in the accompanying tweet that a flight attendant snatched the cigarette out of the man's hands. Smoking in-flight In this situation, the cabin crew responded appropriately by extinguishing the cigarette, as smoking aboard an aircraft is illegal and poses a fire risk. The airline commented on the tweet, stating that it was handling the situation. A representative for the airline commented on the... Simple Flying https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4115875/posts#comment Tue, 13 Dec 2022 04:42:19 GMT