Flight To O'Hare Delayed After 'Disruptive' Passenger Kicked Off Plane

By Stephen Gossett in News on Jul 7, 2017 3:45PM

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A flight from Atlanta to Chicago was delayed several hours after a "disruptive" passenger was removed from the plane amid a disturbance.

A now-viral video uploaded by passenger Michael Nash shows a woman holding a small dog and yelling at a woman who appears to be a flight attendant, on American Airlines Flight 281, from Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson Airport to O'Hare International Airport. Nash said in a Facebook post that the woman "attacked a flight attendant" and that he was also struck during the skirmish. The woman was reportedly grew angry after being asked to put her reclined seat up ahead of takeoff.

The woman in the video is heard saying that someone threw water in her face while other passengers shout for her to sit down. "You're gonna get us killed, lady!" shouts one passenger.

The plane "returned to the gate in Atlanta to remove a disruptive passenger," an American spokesperson told Chicagoist. It "then re-departed for Chicago."

A flight staff member is heard near the end of the clip saying, "We're going back to the gate, we're not going to Chicago." A loud, collective groan then fills the plane.

The woman was later removed from the plane by a law enforcement officer and re-booked on a different flight, a Hartsfield-Jackson spokesperson told CBS Chicago.

This post has been updated.