An airline will ban disruptive passengers after a man has mistreated a black woman

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After millions of people have watched a video of a man throwing racial insults at a black woman on a Ryanair flight, it seems like the airline could take further action.

According to the BBC, the cheap European airline has announced that it would ban passengers who behave like it.

"We will go further in this case, and disruptive or abusive behavior of this kind will result in the ban on passengers traveling," the airline told the BBC.

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An air hostess finally asked the woman if she wanted to move and she went to sit with her daughter before taking off from Barcelona – London flight as planned.

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But since the video was viewed three million times on Facebook, it was clear that it was not enough, especially after Lawrence and the woman's daughter known as "Ms. Gayle" spoke to the press. .

Calls for a boycott of Ryanair had sounded on Twitter on Sunday morning.

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Others were less measured.

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Gayle's daughter told HuffPost UK that she had taken her 77-year-old mother on vacation to cheer her up on the first anniversary of her husband's death.

Gayle is suffering from arthritis and has been slow to get up from his seat in the driveway when the man wanted to get to his seat near the window.

"The underlying reason for the abusive behavior of the man lies in the fact that my mother is a black woman and that he did not want her to sit next to him – he says it in the video, "said the girl to HuffPost.

Rather than asking the man to move or disembark, the flight attendant asked Gayle if she wanted to move.

Another passenger, as well as many people who have watched the video since, asked why the man had been allowed to stay in the plane.

According to Gayle's daughter, the flight attendant denied having heard racial slurs and told them to complain to customer service on Monday.

It is unclear whether Ryanair had planned to do more about it or whether the outcry had prompted the airline to take action. Now, other leaders are also involved.

"The Essex police are serious about bias-based crimes and we want all incidents to be reported," police told the BBC.

"We are working closely with Ryanair and the Spanish authorities as part of the investigation."

The UK Department of Transport also told the network that it would look at another way of "dealing with disruptive passengers".

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