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There’s being obstinate, then there’s entire new level of obstinacy – the kind that gets you in trouble with the police and makes you miss your scheduled flight.
One man and woman flying out of Wellington Airport for Auckland with Air New Zealand got into trouble after refusing to listen to the security briefing on board, Stuff reports. Both were de-planed and the woman was welcomed by the police as they went back to the gate.
While this incident is funny in its absurdity, it also caused some delay for the other passengers. The same media outlet say that entire brouhaha translated into a 25-minute delay for the flight, as the plane had to return to the gate to drop off the disobedient couple.
They, for what is worth, didn’t seem to mind it at all, one eyewitness tells the same media outlet. She looked very “high maintenance,” clutching a Louis Vuitton bag and he seemed there to please her. When the flight attendant directed everyone’s attention at the security briefing video, they both started looking down at their phones.
They didn’t bother to look up when the flight attendant singled them out, either. If anything, the woman seemed more determined not to have to listen to whatever was on that video.
“A flight attendant said very patiently, ‘Can you please watch what's happening because this is the exit row?’ but the woman put her fingers in her ears,” the eyewitness says for Stuff. “They didn't seem to care. The passengers behind them were saying ‘For God's sake, it takes two minutes to look at it, just look at it’... they seemed like they were too important for it.”
The plane went back to the gate and the two were escorted off it. The woman was briefly detained by the police and will be held accountable, to a certain extent.
“The passenger will receive an infringement notice under Civil Aviation Authority rules relating to the use of a cellphone,” a spokesperson for the police tells the publication.
While this incident is funny in its absurdity, it also caused some delay for the other passengers. The same media outlet say that entire brouhaha translated into a 25-minute delay for the flight, as the plane had to return to the gate to drop off the disobedient couple.
They, for what is worth, didn’t seem to mind it at all, one eyewitness tells the same media outlet. She looked very “high maintenance,” clutching a Louis Vuitton bag and he seemed there to please her. When the flight attendant directed everyone’s attention at the security briefing video, they both started looking down at their phones.
They didn’t bother to look up when the flight attendant singled them out, either. If anything, the woman seemed more determined not to have to listen to whatever was on that video.
“A flight attendant said very patiently, ‘Can you please watch what's happening because this is the exit row?’ but the woman put her fingers in her ears,” the eyewitness says for Stuff. “They didn't seem to care. The passengers behind them were saying ‘For God's sake, it takes two minutes to look at it, just look at it’... they seemed like they were too important for it.”
The plane went back to the gate and the two were escorted off it. The woman was briefly detained by the police and will be held accountable, to a certain extent.
“The passenger will receive an infringement notice under Civil Aviation Authority rules relating to the use of a cellphone,” a spokesperson for the police tells the publication.
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