Woman sues Southwest, says airline ejected her for removing mask to drink water

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Southwest Airlines Co was sued for $10 million on Tuesday by a 68-year-old Florida woman who said the carrier ejected her from a flight because she periodically needed to remove her mask to drink water.

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The Federal Aviation Administration said airline crews in 2021 submitted 5,981 reports of unruly passengers, including 4,290 incidents related to masks. Reading said a gate attendant eventually ordered her off the flight, as an unmasked pilot "laughed mockingly" as she tearfully exited. Kristina Heuser, a lawyer for Reading, in an interview said a "planeload full of witnesses" saw the encounter, and some may have videotaped it.

 

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I guess I should have sued delta too because how they made my 15 yr old feel so terrible for having his mask below his nose on his second flight ever. She said to him harshly “turn around” when he was so happy before to walk on the plane.

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