A woman was removed from a flight, after a passenger allegedly heard her call the pilot the K-word.
A passenger who was on the plane tweeted that the plane returned to O.R Tambo, after a "nasty passenger called the captain the K-word."
Turning back to O.R Tambo after an unsavory passenger called the captain the k-word. Our flight might be 10 minutes late, but as South Africans we can't allow this type of behaviour to continue. #stopracism @kulula pic.twitter.com/sQarXNhAai
— Nadine Watkins (@nadine_watkins1) June 15, 2018
Nadine Watkins who also a passenger on the flight,
elaborated on the incident, and said the woman had been on her phone with her
boyfriend.
Following that, the passenger sitting next to her reportedly overheard her calling the pilot the K-word.
According to Watkins, the flight attendant was alerted, before the plane could lift off and the security remove her.
The woman spoke to her boyfriend on the phone and the guy sitting next to her overheard her calling the pilot the k-word. He alerted the flight attended before lift off and they got the security to remove her.
— Nadine Watkins (@nadine_watkins1) June 16, 2018
Kulula spokesperson, William Smook confirmed to News24 that the
incident had taken place.
"We can confirm that there was an incident involving a passenger aboard one of our flights. We're investigating it. We don't tolerate discrimination in any form."
"Our crew are entitled to do their jobs without verbal abuse," he said.
