Passenger Tossed From Flight in Dispute With Flight Attendant Over Airplane Mode in Indiana

A flight attendant on a SkyWest Airlines flight reportedly kicked five passengers off a plane Saturday amid a dispute over a cellphone being on airplane mode.The plane was about to take off from Fort Wayne, Ind., to Atlanta, when the flight attendant said passenger Robyn Rodgers failed to put her phone into airplane mode after repeated requests.
Police were then called and five passengers, including a small child, were told to get off.
One booted passenger was in tears following in the incident, saying, "I'm from Texas — what am I going to do?"
Rodgers later posted about the situation on Instagram.
"I told her, 'I know how to turn on airplane mode — you don’t have to stand over me,'" Rodgers said. "She became agitated and said, 'If you’re gonna act like that we can go back to the gate and you can get off.' I held up my phone to show her that airplane mode was on."
In response to the incident, Delta Air Lines, which operates SkyWest Airlines, said: "We take all allegations of discrimination seriously and are reviewing reports." The airline also said any passenger who was stranded was accommodated.