American Airlines pilot says he will drop Trump supporters in Kansas
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An American Airlines pilot on flight 1242 from Washington D.C. to Phoenix threatened to divert his plane to Kansas if passengers didn’t behave.
The Daily Mail reported that Trump supporters who boarded the flight on Friday afternoon from the Regan National Airport to Phoenix Sky Harbor were seen on video chanting “USA! USA! USA!”
The pilot spoke on the loudspeaker with a noticeably frustrated voice as he issued a stern warning to the rowdy passengers.
Wow. I’m on a plane full of patriots flying from DC to Phoenix and we started chanting “USA” …and the Captain came on said told us he’d drop us off in Kansas if he had to if we didn’t obey their every single rule.
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A bunch of maskless MAGA supporters onboard a flight was taken aback when the pilot threatened to dump them off in Kansas by diverting the flight, as they wouldnât stop chanting âUSAâ. A video captured by one of the passengers shows a significant number of Donald Trump supporters being called out by the pilot for their little misadventure.
The incident occurred on American Flight 1242, which departed Friday, January 8, afternoon from Reagan National Airport in Virginia and was supposed to land in Phoenix Sky Harbor in Arizona. When the passengers continue to chant despite the warning, the pilot made the announcement.
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American Airlines has issued a statement defending the actions of a pilot who said he would put this plane down in the middle of Kansas and dump people off if they didn’t behave on a flight leaving from Washington D.C. on Friday.
One of the passengers on the flight, which left from Reagan National Airport for Phoenix Sky Harbor in Phoenix, Ariz., had shared video to social media over the weekend showing many of the travelers several of whom appeared to be wearing red MAGA hats chanting USA, USA during an overhead announcement.