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Southwest kicks mom, cranky kid off flight

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Southwest kicks mom, cranky kid off flight
Associated Press
Oct. 30, 2009, 4:01PM

Karen T. Borchers Associated Press


SAN JOSE, Calif. Kids will be kids, but one cranky 2-year-old was acting too much his age for a Southwest Airlines flight crew who kicked him off a plane getting ready to leave for San Jose.

Pamela Root says she was confident her son Adam's screams of Go! Plane! Go! and I want Daddy! would subside once the plane took off Monday in Amarillo.

But she says the plane taxied back to the gate and the pair was escorted off.

The 38-year-old stay-at-home mom wants an apology and compensation for the portable crib and diapers she had to buy for the extra night away from home.

Southwest spokeswoman Marilee McInnis said removing a crying child from a flight is unusual, but crews have leeway to resolve situations.

McInnis said the airline is looking into the incident.


Posted on Oct 30, 2009, 6:46 PM

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