WATCH: Rude Airline Passenger Has Middle Seat Meltdown

Image: PHOTO: Emergency exit seat row in airplane.  (photo via asiandelight/iStock / Getty Images Plus)
Image: PHOTO: Emergency exit seat row in airplane. (photo via asiandelight/iStock / Getty Images Plus)
Donald Wood
by Donald Wood
Last updated: 11:00 AM ET, Tue January 29, 2019

A video has surfaced on social media of a female passenger on a United Airlines flight earlier this month losing her cool after facing the prospect of sitting in a middle seat for a four-hour trip.

According to FoxNews.com, the unidentified passenger had just boarded a United Flight from Las Vegas to Newark on January 2 when she realized she would be stuck between two larger passengers for the journey.

The video was taken by New Jersey resident Norma Rodgers, who was sitting next to the woman and the target of her outburst. Rodgers posted the meltdown on Facebook, where it has since gone viral with 2.5 million views.

"Oh, my goodness, I don't know how I'm going to do this the next four hours," the woman said in the video. "This is just impossible because they're squishing me."

"At least they'll keep me warm," she continued.

As flight attendants tried to handle the situation, Rodgers informed crew members that she didn't want to sit next to someone who verbally abused her. As the disruptive passenger was moved to another seat at the back of the plane, other people onboard started to heckle her actions.

The Daily Mail reported the ignorant passenger was removed from the flight.


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