Why did the China family get kicked off the plane in the United States?

A China family was thrown off a plane in the United States and was scolded by netizens: Go back to China!

65438+February 65438+February news, after United Airlines violently dragged an Asian doctor off the plane in April this year due to insufficient seats, American Spirit Airlines kicked a family of four off the plane at Houston Airport.

The Ruimei family of four were asked to get off the plane.

It is reported that Meryl, a scientist and pianist from Houston, took his parents and his 2-year-old son to new york by Spirit Airlines Flight 7 12 at George Bush International Airport (IAH) in Houston last Friday. They waited for three hours on the plane before taking off. At this time, Ruimei began to nurse the baby, and the flight attendant came over to tell her to stop breastfeeding and immediately let her son go back to his seat and fasten his seat belt. Mother asked if she could have a few more minutes, because she saw that the cabin door had not been closed, but her request was rejected. Finally, the four grandparents and grandchildren were taken off the plane by the air traffic police, and the passengers on board were also asked to get off the plane. Ruimei's father suffered from cardiac aortic hemangioma and fainted on his way home. He was taken to hospital for emergency treatment.

Ruimei said in an interview today that the flight delay was not caused by our family of four, and Linghang's public relations statement was also inconsistent with the facts. The flight was scheduled to take off at 6: 30 last Friday morning. After boarding the plane, 100 passengers waited in the cabin for two hours because of the rare ice and snow and the airline's failure to thaw the ice in time, and then they were all asked to get off the plane. At 9 o'clock, they boarded the plane again and a family of four sat down. She is feeding milk, trying to get her son to sit back in his seat after he falls asleep. A flight attendant came up to her and asked her to put her son back in his seat and fasten his seat belt. Ruimei said that the door was still open and there were still many people walking in the cabin. She politely asked the flight attendant to "give me a minute or two". Not long after, another flight attendant came over and made the same request. My son was awakened by their back-and-forth conversation and began to cry. Then all the passengers on the plane were asked to get off the plane. When they boarded the plane again, their family of four was surrounded by air traffic police and refused to board the plane.

Stephen Schuler, director of the airline's public relations office, said that no one was driven away because of feeding. We had to transfer the passengers on flight 7 12 because they did not obey the instructions of the crew. At that time, the hatch was closed, and taxiing and safety briefing were being carried out before takeoff. In order to ensure the safety of every passenger and crew, it is FAA's rule to sit down and fasten your seat belt before taking off. "We investigated the incident and visited the passengers and crew on the same plane. We apologize for the inconvenience caused by this incident, and we will give the relevant passengers a full refund. "

Ruimei said that the flight had not left the tarmac at that time, let alone taxiing. Any passenger on the same flight can confirm this fact. Ruimei stressed that when the passengers on the plane were asked to get off the plane for the second time, his son had been tied to the safety belt for quite some time. "What else can we do?"

Ruimei said, "What happened this morning was more cruel than Harvey's destruction of my home. I feel guilty that I failed to protect my elderly parents and son." Ruimei and her parents are American citizens. When they were refused boarding, the air traffic police physically prevented the elderly, weak women and children from boarding, and one of them even threatened her to let the FBI handle the case. She was angry at the huge physical and mental impact on her parents and young son, and Ruimei decided to stand up and stop being silent.

Ruimei performance photos

According to a video shot by Ruimei at that time, after being asked to get off the plane for the second time, Ruimei asked the manager of Spirit Airlines, "What would you do if this were your family?" The man smiled and replied, "I promise you, this will never happen in my family."

Rui Mei, a doctor of piano playing, is currently involved in a cancer research in Houston and is also an active local piano player. She studies in the primary school affiliated to Shanghai Conservatory of Music. She is a precocious piano prodigy. After immigrating to the United States, she did well in study and art. She graduated from the Department of Biochemistry of Yale University with bachelor's and master's degrees, and worked as a teaching assistant in the school. This trip to new york, aimed at playing a recording, was part of her research on clinical music intervention therapy, but it fell through.

"I'm sorry for the delay and inconvenience caused by the passengers on the same plane," Ruimei said helplessly. But stressed that it was not their family's fault and was angry at being treated rudely. She said that her son woke up five times after sleeping for more than three hours on the plane. It is not a crime for children to cry. "If the airline asks a mother to appease her child, I believe no one will notice him." A passenger on the same plane also bravely said that the child slept quietly for the first two hours within three hours when all the passengers were stranded on the plane.

Barton, a passenger on the same plane, sent a message expressing anger.

Many passengers on the same plane, including Lisa Jones and Holly Barton, expressed their support for Ruimei on Facebook and left messages on the #neverflyspirit group to vent their dissatisfaction. Ms. Barton said that because of this incident, all passengers were asked to stay in the cabin for several hours, and finally they were collectively asked to get off the plane and board again. "This lady's child just cried and refused to sit back in her seat, which is worth being rough by the flight attendants? And get kicked off the plane? What's more, the plane has not moved, and it is not going to move. "

Barton said that when the lady refused to get off the plane, Spirit Airlines ordered all passengers to leave the cabin and board again, just to prevent the family from boarding again. Barton's message was praised by thousands of people, and she and many interviewees said that she would "never fly Spirit Airlines again". However, there are also a few people who agree with the practice of spirit aviation. Some said, "Why should I take my children on the plane by plane?" Others said: "Since it is a rule to sit back and fasten your seat belt before taking off, you must abide by it."

After this incident was reported by local news station KHOU in Houston, Ruimei received many hate responses, among which some people asked her family to "go back to China!"

Really cruel!