A Delta Air Lines passenger flying from the Fort Wayne International Airport says she was unjustly deported from a flight on Saturday (Photo: Andrew Gombert, EPA-EFE)

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A flight attendant forced passengers to leave Delta Connection at the Fort Wayne International Airport. In a message on Instagram, Robyn Rodgers of New York said that she had been "unjustly ejected" from the Delta 4527 flight after an attendant had asked her to turn her phone into airplane mode. The attendant was then standing over Rodgers who was waiting for her to select the setting for the phone, she said.

"I told him – I know how to activate the airplane mode, you do not have to stand up", said Rodgers in a post. "She became agitated and said," If you act like that, we can go back to the door and you can go down. "I took my phone to show him that airplane mode was activated."

The flight was operated by SkyWest Airlines, a regional airline with which Delta entered into a contract to operate flights to larger cities. Passengers are often unaware of the distinction as flights are part of the routes of the Delta reservation system

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L & The air hostess is a SkyWest employee, according to a statement sent by Delta.

The assistant left and came back in her place, informing Rodgers that the plane would come back to the door, where he would be asked to leave the flight.Other passengers, including a Latina, who defended Rodgers, were also deported, she said.

A total of four adults and one child were removed from the flight. Some commentators have suggested that the interaction could have a racial motivation.

A video posted by Rodgers shows the attendant that she asked Rodgers several times to switch her phone to airplane mode. Another video at the airport shows an airline employee telling Rodgers that she was withdrawn because the flight attendant felt "endangered".

The video of the initial interaction has not been shown.

SkyWest spokeswoman Marissa Snow told the US TODAY that the airline was investigating the flight reports and that the authorities were working with Delta to follow up with the customers involved

A Delta Air Lines representative told WGCL-TV the needs of the stranded passengers. Rodgers said on Wednesday that the airline did not provide hotel rooms to passengers forced to stay overnight.

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