A male passenger on a Southwest flight has gone viral after footage surfaced of his profanity-laced outburst over a crying child on a plane was released.
Passengers on this flight were bound for Fort Lauderdale, Florida, but had been rerouted due to weather.
Mark Grabowski, one of these passengers, who had recorded the footage inside the plane, told FOX 35 that the flight had been turbulent and that the child onboard had been upset.
Turbulence on the plane had also prevented passengers from moving about the craft.
“Just out of nowhere this other passenger in the video basically said ‘Shut that baby up,’ and it escalated from there,” said Grabowski, according to Fox 35.
The unidentified passenger claimed that he had been asleep and listening to music and asked that the flight attendants calm the child. He continued to shout profanities because of the crying child while flight attendants attempted to calm him down.
“Why is the baby yelling? I’m not screaming. Want me to scream? I’ll [expletive] scream. Please stop the baby,” said the man in the video.
This verbal outburst continued as flight attendants, passengers, and a woman who appeared to be the man’s significant other attempted to calm the man.
“We are in a [expletive] tin can with a baby in a [expletive] echo chamber. If you want to talk to me about being [expletive] ok,” said the man in the video.
Eventually, the woman and her child were moved to a different section of the plane. Upon landing, the unruly passenger then refused to leave the aircraft. The man eventually disembarked, and authorities escorted him away.
While Southwest Airlines did not comment directly on the incident, the organization did commend the crew for maintaining composure.
“We commend our crew for exhibiting outstanding professionalism while handling a challenging situation, and we offer our apologies to the other customers onboard who had to experience such unacceptable behavior,” said Southwest Airlines, according to Fox 35.
