A flight from Vietnam to Malaysia was delayed by an hour after a passenger, who was travelling with her young child, allegedly started screaming after she refused to wear her seatbelt
A furious plane passenger caused a one-hour flight delay after allegedly refusing to fasten her seatbelt.
Cabin crew members were conducting a safety check prior to take-off when they spotted a woman without her seatbelt on. The passenger, who was reportedly a Vietnamese national, was travelling with her young child at the time. When the flight attendant asked her to put her belt on, the woman allegedly started to protest. The Batik Air flight was scheduled to travel from Vietnam to Malaysia but ended up being delayed by around an hour.
In a video clip of the incident, a woman can be seen shouting at the flight attendant, as other passengers film the argument with their phones. The cabin crew member states: “Stop yelling at me.”
The passenger replies: “You’re pointing in my face.”
The attendant stresses: “This is for safety purposes, not just for you, but also for your child.”
The woman says: “I don’t care, I don’t have to listen to you.”
According to witnesses, the row caused a delay of around one hour. In the end, police officers allegedly boarded the Boeing 737, and the unruly passenger was escorted off the plane. The other travellers cheered as she left the aircraft, as reported by What’s The Jam.
In a second video, viewers can see the flight attendants heading down the aisle as the woman is escorted off the plane. As passengers clap one can be heard joking in the background: “Stay safe kid. Don’t be like your mum please.”
The original video, posted on TikTok, has garnered 21.7 million views in the just two days, with a follow up video of the passenger being escorted off the plane totalling over 24.6 million views.
Another TikTok user commented: “If the woman doesn’t want to wear a seatbelt, it’s up to her, the risk is on her.” One unimpressed passenger commented: “Not if the plane goes through turbulence, she will be tossed around like she’s in a washing machine, falling on other passengers and injuring them.”
Many of the comments commended the flight attendants who dealt with the situation calmly and professionally. Batik Air, which was founded in 2013, is an airline which operates under the Lion Air Group and offers full-service flights in Indonesia and Malaysia. The airline flies to destinations using Boeing 737-NG and Airbus A320 aircraft.
Batik Air has been contacted for comment.
