Boy, three, thrown off Alaska Airline flight... for refusing to fasten his seatbelt
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/ K% _% R0 Q5 J _. XA three-year-old boy was kicked off an airplane after refusing to buckle his seatbelt while the aircraft was taxiing on the runway.
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Mark Yanchak, of Everett, Alaska, admitted his son Daniel was a bit cranky while wanting to be near him during take-off, but said the crew aboard their Alaska Airlines flight out of Seattle was even crankier.4 l- _ U/ b3 Z5 h M* {
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'I started putting him in his seat. I put his seatbelt on. But he was being cranky, trying to be close to me, so he wasn't fully fastened yet,' Mr Yanchak told My Northwest of their planned departure on Saturday.
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 Cranky: This 3-year-old boy and his father were kicked off an Alaska Airline flight on Saturday after the boy refused to buckle his seatbelt causing a tantrum
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& P! l9 t/ J0 {8 T5 _" A% }( |TVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。Taxiing on the runway of Sea-Tac International, the boy's mother seated in first class with their younger son and her mother, returned to help with a pacifier and some water for the boy.+ I+ j) D6 [. S' G |; P
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By the time he had settled down, however, the pilot had already ordered it back to the gate.! G0 \6 R- V& S( ?( ^9 t. q2 P; Y+ W5 d
1 b+ L% [( W6 a/ K; K' OIt was then, to Mr Yanchak's claimed surprise, a representative asked him and his son to get off he says without explaining why.
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'I’m like, "Do we have to?" I said, "He's fine. He's calm. Do we have to?" the father told KIRO-TV.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb4 j, Z0 M$ s4 c. f0 q* e
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Returned: By the time the boy's father was able to get his son to settle down, the Alaska Airlines pilot had announced their return to the gate (file photo)TVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。1 L9 ]/ V3 m5 h, d
# T. D- ?9 g* V3 _: w5.39.217.76The airline said they spoke with the father three or four times, with the boy seen at one point laying across his seat and the seatbelt near his neck, before making their decision to return to the gate.
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+ b) d9 {: e$ O" k公仔箱論壇Mr Yanchak's wife Svetlana, told KIRO-TV she felt like they were treated like criminals.
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3 t# \. |1 X& h# h8 C5.39.217.76'It was 23 rows (back). It was pretty embarrassing,' the father said of his family's exit.公仔箱論壇8 U) G% C8 @5 ]/ u* ], \; d' l% b
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Humiliated: Mark and Svetlana Yanchuck, pictured, admit their son was being fussy but say they were humiliated having to exit the plane even after calming their son down
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0 o! l9 i- y2 s% M& }The airliner offered to put the family on another flight but the father said after their experience, they don't want to fly with the airline again.5.39.217.760 P7 a# r4 T7 Z
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That certainly was the case for his son, he said.
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" Q- {: I) }0 ~2 b* U% o'As soon as we got off the plane he was like, "Dad, no fly, go home. Let's go home," Mr Yanchak said. 'I think the whole ordeal just scared him off. He didn't want to fly again.'
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