Incredible moment pilot’s disgrace results in Frontier flight being cancelled
A pilot was about to take off from a Texas airport when he was suddenly arrested on a disturbing charge: canceling his flight.
A Frontier Airlines pilot was arrested by Houston police on Saturday while flying a plane at George Bush Intercontinental Airport.
The pilot, later identified as 45-year-old Seymour Walker, was pulled from Flight 3195 before departure on an outstanding warrant for assault and domestic violence.
Law enforcement scheduled the arrest when Flight 3195 reached its assigned gate at George Bush Intercontinental Airport around 4 p.m.
Officers boarded the empty plane and arrested the pilot without incident.
A pilot was preparing to take off from a Texas airport when he was suddenly arrested on a disturbing charge, causing the flight to be canceled
A Frontier Airlines pilot was arrested by Houston police on Saturday aboard a plane at George Bush Intercontinental Airport.
Frontier Airlines confirmed the incident, saying the pilot was arrested before boarding began for Flight 3195, bound for Dallas-Fort Worth.
Because no replacement crew was available at short notice, the flight was cancelled.
To compensate for the inconvenience, passengers scheduled to board Flight 3195 were offered a full refund, credit or a place on the next available flight.
“Airlines report incidents like this to the FAA office that oversees these incidents, and we investigate all pilot concerns,” the Federal Aviation Administration said in a statement.
The incident occurred after an Air Canada flight from Morocco to Montreal had to be cancelled after a flight attendant became enraged at a passenger who asked for a blanket.
Footage from Air Canada Flight AC73 has gone viral, showing the altercation between the airline employee and the female passenger who asked for the blanket, CTV News reports.
The flight attendant allegedly attempted to remove the passenger from the plane and threatened to call police, before other passengers threatened to get off the plane in solidarity.
The airline employee says, “You behave or we’re getting off!” and “I’ll tell the captain right away. Yes or no?”
Footage from Air Canada flight AC73 has gone viral, showing the altercation between the airline employee and the female passenger who requested the blanket
When passengers ask her to call the captain, the flight attendant says, “I don’t want any harassment from my crew.”
A video was shared online, but by the time the camera started rolling, the flight attendant was already yelling at the passenger.
It is still unclear what happened beforehand and the female passenger who asked for the blanket has not yet been identified and has not come forward.