Shannon Marie Harris of Tyrone, Georgia, was charged with trespassing after the plane she was on had to return to the gate because she refused to end her phone call. This is according to authorities in Miami, where the jet was delayed for an hour—after Harris was removed from the Atlanta-bound Delta flight.
The situation became "dispruptive," officials said, explaining why they had to deplane the entire aircraft to get her off it. "According to the spokesperson, crew members repeatedly tried to get a passenger to hang up while the plane was taxiing out."
An arresting officer said Harris became "belligerent," leading the captain to decide to return to the gate. Once at the gate, police said Harris was asked to get off the plane by a Delta supervisor, but she refused. That is when police were called.
Officials said because the woman refused to leave, a Delta representative decided to have every passenger deplane. Officers said Harris tried to get off the plane with the rest of the passengers, and that is when she was arrested.
Delta, in a statement: "The safety of our customers and crew comes before all else, and Delta has zero tolerance for disruptive behavior. We apologize to our customers for this experience and delay in their travels." There's some crappy footage, crudely edited by ABC News to the point where nothing visibly happens.
Miami to Atlanta is one of those hops where no sooner than you're up you're coming down again. What could possibly have been so important it couldn't wait ninety minutes?
Previously:
• Delta forced passenger to sit in feces: 'sit in your seat or you can be left behind.'
• Delta plane and in another near miss in Washington, DC
• Delta Airlines kicks man off plane for urgent need to use the restroom before takeoff
• Delta passenger's dog found safe after missing at the airport for three weeks
• Delta co-pilot 'dragged off flight' after federal agents 'storm' cockpit
