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Texas-bound Southwest flight delayed to remove unruly passenger, to other flyers' delight: video
By Greg Wehner
Published June 06, 2023
A Houston, Texas-bound Southwest airplane at a terminal in New Orleans was held on May 29 to allow authorities to remove a passenger who refused to disembark when asked.
Deputies from the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office and St. Charles Parish Sheriff’s Office responded to the incident at about 7:45 p.m. on May 29.
The Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office said the passenger, Kamaryn Gibson, 25, of Olathe, Kansas was causing a disturbance on the plane after it left the gate at Louis Armstrong New Orleans Airport.
Kamaryn Gibson booking photo (Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office)
The plane then returned to the gate in order for Gibson to be removed, but she refused and deputies escorted her off.
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Once outside the plane, the sheriff’s office said, she became "extremely combative," kicking two deputies and biting a third on the leg.
Gibson was ultimately restrained in a wheelchair and taken to the airport’s police office before getting transported to the Jefferson Parish Correctional Center.
Gibson has been charged with two counts of disturbing the peace, criminal mischief, two counts of resisting an officer by way of force or violence, and three counts of battery on a police officer.
A Southwest Airline passenger was removed from a Texas-bound flight held in New Orleans because of her alleged behavior. (Credit: @kicknit35/LOCAL NEWS X/TMX)
The sheriff’s office added that Gibson was released from custody on a $9,750 bond on May 30, 2023.
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In a video posted to social media, the woman can be heard telling deputies she paid for her flight at 7:30 p.m., when three deputies pulled the woman out of her chair and into the main aisle.
As the deputies pulled the woman down the aisle, she asked if she could have her phone and was seen resisting.
A passenger told the woman she was making things worse, and she said, "No, I literally need my phone. I paid for that."
The woman once again asked for her phone, and one of the deputies is seen holding it and telling her he has it.
The camera view then shifted to another deputy who was seen handcuffing one of the woman’s hands before bringing it down to the other hand to cuff them together.
As she was getting cuffed, the woman said she was confused and had no idea what was happening, asking a woman to explain it to her.
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Several passengers chimed in and told the woman she was getting arrested.
According to the person who posted the video, the woman was asked nicely to get off the flight, but she refused numerous times.
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