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Woman thrown off plane for shouting at crying baby
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A woman was angry about a crying baby on an airplane. She would not sit down next to the crying baby. She was rude to the baby's mother. The mother was flying home with her eight-month-old son. It was a short flight. The woman wouldn't sit down. The plane was full, so she could not change her seat.
The mother put a video of the angry woman on Facebook. In the video, the woman shouts: "I'm not sitting next to a crying baby." She would not be calm. Cabin crew asked the woman to get off the airplane. She told the cabin crew they would lose their jobs. The mother wrote: "This lady...now she has no way home today."
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Crying Babies - Level 1
A woman was asked to leave an airplane because she was angry about a crying baby. She would not sit down in the seat next to the crying baby. The woman was very rude to the baby's mother. The mother was flying home from New York's JFK airport with her eight-month-old son. It was a short flight, but the woman was very unhappy. She didn't want to sit at the back of the plane. The plane was full, so she could not get a different seat.
The mother posted a video of the angry woman on social media. In the video, the woman picks up her coat and shouts: "I'm not sitting next to a crying baby." She would not calm down. She started to swear at the mother. Cabin crew asked the woman to get off the airplane. She told the cabin crew they would lose their jobs. The mother wrote on Facebook: "This lady thought she was going to be rude to me and...now she has no way home today."
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Crying Babies - Level 2
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An airplane passenger was asked to leave a flight after she complained about a crying baby. The woman told cabin crew she would not sit down because a crying baby was in the seat next to hers. The woman was very rude to the baby's mother. The mother, Marissa Rundell, was with her 8-month-old baby son. They were flying home from New York's JFK airport. Even though it was a short flight, the angry woman was very unhappy. She said it was terrible that she had to sit at the back of the plane. The flight was full, so she could not get a different seat.
Ms Rundell took a video of the angry woman shouting and posted it on social media. In the video, the woman picks up her bag and coat and angrily shouts: "I'm not sitting next to a crying baby." She would not calm down. The woman got very angry and started to swear at Ms Rundell. Cabin crew asked the woman to get off the airplane. It took her ten minutes to leave. She told the cabin crew she would get them fired. Rundell wrote on Facebook: "This lady thought she was going to be rude to me and...now she has no way home today."
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Crying Babies - Level 3
A passenger on a flight in the USA was asked to leave the airplane because she complained about a crying baby. The woman told cabin crew that she would not sit down because of a crying baby boy in the seat next to hers. The woman was very rude to the baby's mother and swore at her many times. The mother, Marissa Rundell, was taking a flight with her 8-month-old baby son from New York's JFK airport to her home in the city of Syracuse in New York State. Even though it was just a short flight, the angry woman was very unhappy that she had to sit next to the mother and her baby. She even said it was terrible that she had to sit at the back of the plane. The flight was full, so she could not be reseated.
Ms Rundell took a video of the woman shouting at her and her baby. Rundell posted the video footage on social media. It starts with the angry woman gathering her bag and coat from her seat and angrily shouting: "I'm not sitting next to a crying baby." Rundell tried to make the woman calm down. She told her: "He's not going to cry the whole time." The woman then got very angry and started to swear at Ms Rundell. Cabin crew asked the woman to leave the airplane. It took her ten minutes to leave. She then said she would get the cabin crew fired. Rundell wrote on Facebook: "This lady thought she was going to be rude to me and Mason, now she had no way home today."
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