Bizarre moment lawyer is kicked off Avianca flight from Colombia to LA after seat he had purchased three months prior was sold to a mother flying with two children

A lawyer held up a flight for almost an hour after discovering that airline Avianca had overbooked his seat.

The passenger, who identified himself as Juan Manuel in a recent video chat with the TikToker who filmed the incident, had purchased a round-trip ticket from Bogotá, Colombia, to Los Angeles before he was shocked to discover a child was in his car. seat.

Manuel recalled arriving at El Dorado International Airport two and a half hours before his trip for the first leg of his trip before making a layover in El Salvador.

Even though he was in group three on the list to board the plane, he decided to wait out the boarding process while the other passengers lined up ahead of him.

Seeing that there were about ten passengers left, Manuel went to the counter, showed his boarding pass and was told in a supposedly rude manner to move aside. After waiting 15 minutes he was allowed to board the plane.

However, his journey took a turn when he reached his row and was surprised to find a child in the window seat assigned to him on the ticket.

Manuel told a TikToker who filmed the plane incident that Avianca gave him a meal voucher for 26,000 Colombian pesos, down to just over $6, and then gave him an $80 flight voucher after they oversold his flight.

After comparing boarding passes with the woman, an Avianca agent approached Manuel and told him to leave the plane.

“She says to me, ‘Oh, Juan Manuel, it turns out your ticket has been resold; get out, get off the plane, do me a favor,'” he recalled.

He followed the officer’s instructions until he reached the exit door near the pilot’s cabin and lost his cool, as seen in the now viral video.

‘Send for an officer. I hope the prosecutors come. Because I will report you for not being serious. It’s just that you can’t play with people’s agendas,” he was heard telling the Avianca employee.

“What if I arrived too late? I don’t care what your options are,” he continued.

He noticed a passenger was filming the incident, turned around and said, “And if that’s what you want, record it,” before looking at the officer and telling her, “I don’t care about your options at all.” I have to come on this flight. I don’t have to work with you.’

During the tense argument, a passenger approached Juan Manuel to tell him he was traveling to El Salvador for an urgent medical appointment.

A female passenger later told him there were children on the plane, and a woman told the Avianca agent she had no problem flying with her daughter on her lap if it meant he could get the seat.

After assessing the situation, Manuel told the passengers that he was disembarking because of them and not because of the airline.

Although he was supposed to board the flight with group three, Manuel decided to wait as he was not in a hurry, but when he reached his seat, he discovered that a child had occupied his window seat, leading to the viral confrontation with an Avianca agent.

An Avianca agent (right) asked Manuel to leave the flight to Los Angeles with a connection in El Salvador because the airline had overbooked the trip. What followed was a heated argument that was captured on video

Avianca rebooked Juan Manuel on another flight to Miami, where he connected to Chicago. Once in the Windy City, he waited nearly five hours due to a delay, landing in Los Angeles around 10 p.m.

The airline presented him with a food voucher for 26,000 Colombian pesos, just over $6, and an $80 flight voucher.

The seating confusion caused Juan Manuel to miss a meeting with the Los Angeles lawyers, with whom we were scheduled to meet to discuss the legal situation regarding three Colombian nationals in custody.

DailyMail.com contacted Avianca for comment.