Passengers kicked off the flight, the rest of the plane celebrates

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– Masks are mandatory at airports and on commercial aircraft. This isn’t just a common sense directive to curb the spread of COVID, it’s federal law. And this is nothing new; the rule has been in place since February. But it still seems to come as a surprise to people who hate masks but still want to fly to their destinations. And if passengers who started an American Airlines flight on Friday hadn’t heard of the need to hide on planes before heading to the airport, their flight’s nine-hour delay should have been ample. sufficient to get acquainted. Instead, once on board, two people were told to wear their masks properly and when they didn’t, the plane returned to the gate and they were kicked out, the Independent reports.

Video of the incident posted to Instagram shows a blurry view of a blonde woman in a red T-shirt and a man in a black T-shirt grabbing their belongings from an overhead bin. What this shows very clearly is the other passengers laughing and singing Steam’s “Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye”, the most often heard farewell song at soccer games these days. The airline’s official statement, “American Airlines Flight 1469, with service from Miami (MIA) to Houston (IAH), returned to the door to disembark two customers who refused to comply with crewmembers’ instructions. or adhere to federal face covering requirements, “the song did not mention, according to NBC Miami. (At least no one was injured this time.)