Florida scandal: couple kicked off plane because baby was not wearing a mask, entire flight canceled due to protests

The airline company Frontier Airlines reported that last Sunday they had to cancel a flight from Florida because a “big groupPassengers refused to wear masks, however, the family involved claimed all passengers were forced off the plane only by a baby without a mask.

The events occurred on flight 2878, which would depart Miami for LaGuardia Airport at 7:00 p.m. The incident caused all passengers to disembark and postpone a flight for the next morning.

“Several people, including several adults, were repeatedly asked to wear their masks and refused to do soThe airline said in a statement Sunday evening.

“Due to the continued refusal to comply with the federal mandate and disembark from the plane, authorities decided to cancel the flight“, He added.

However, passengers denied the version of Frontier Airlines and they ensured that the real reason they were hunted it was because a baby 18 months not wearing mask.

Passenger Hershey Greenbaum also said New York Post that only one child seemed to be the reason for the flight cancellation.

“We were all on the plane when [los auxiliares de vuelo] They went up and saw the 18 month old baby without a mask», Dijo Greenbaum.

In footage from a show about the incident, the father can be seen explaining that his son is under two years old.

Greenbaum explained that other passengers came to the family’s defense and although the parents said they would try to put a blanket on the baby, that didn’t stop the plane’s staff from taking measurements.

“Everyone on the plane was really upset, what did they want to do? It’s an 18 month old baby“, Dijo Greenbaum.

“Most of them said to the family don’t let them do this to youGreenbaum said of the other passengers. “Most people were against it, why are they making fun of an 18 month old?“

The company had to clarify what happened later: “To be clear, the problem is not with a child under two.“.

However, at least one of the passengers filmed part of the incident, which was later posted on Twitter by the Orthodox Jewish Public Affairs Council.

Many passengers can be heard calling the attention of flight attendants for what they believe to be wrongful action.

“What is your point?One person said.

“You will pay the consequencesSaid another passenger.

“This is Nazi GermanyYells a third person.

Greenbaum reported that around 15 police officers responded to the incident.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) of United States and the country’s airlines have decreed the use of mask for more than two years, so the baby I could travel without.

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