Hilarious: Woman Thrown Off United Airlines Flights For Racist Rant Serenaded With Apropos Tune As Police Escort Her Off Aircraft

A woman who was purportedly removed from a United Airlines flight for a racist rant and for trying to open the emergency exit door was serenaded off the aircraft with a tune that left the entire first class cabin in stitches.

Woman Removed From United Airlines Flight For Racist Rant, Trying To Open Emergency Exit Door Is Given A Humorous Sendoff

Instagram video shows the final moments, with a woman being escorted off the flight. According to the passenger who took the video, the woman was “screaming racist things” and tried “to open the door to the plane while in the air.” That forced an emergency landing.

The date of the incident and the flight route were not revealed, but as the woman was being escorted off the aircraft by police officers (I cannot even make out the municipality on the patch…), one of the first class passengers began playing the theme song from Curb Your Enthusiasm for the entire cabin to hear.

…and not surprisingly, the cabin broke out laughing.

Meanwhile, the woman escorted off the aircraft nonchalantly checked her phone.

Quite appropriate…

The Instagram video has racked up over 1,000 comments and many are treating the woman with sympathy. For example, one flight attendant explained:

As a former flight attendant I could tell you how many different things sometimes horrific things happen on flights. Sometimes people are claustrophobic and cannot handle being in an tight tube. I know there are meds for this but in reality everyone is going through something and we do not always know the true story. Compassion comes to mind.

Yes, compassion may be warranted. On the other hand, if this woman unlesed a racist tirade and then tried to open the emergency exit door, she risked the safety of others onboard. We don’t have to celebrate her downfall, but we also don’t have to whitewash it…sometimes humor is the best way to handle a difficult situation. Let’s not forget that every other passenger onboard was inconvenienced by the emergency diversion.

CONCLUSION

These days, you can expect any incident onboard an airplane to be recorded and broadcast. I tend to think that is more for the better than for the worse, as it encourages accountability. But rarely do we see humor thrown in…it was a fitting sendoff.