YouTube star Adam Saleh 'kicked off' Delta Air Lines flight

[lawrawrrr]

You've probably seen this but:

A YouTube star's video about his removal from a Delta Air Lines flight has gone viral across social media.Adam Saleh told the BBC he was asked to get off the London-New York flight on Wednesday after speaking to his mother in Arabic on the phone.
He said a fellow passenger had expressed feeling uncomfortable.
Delta Air Lines confirmed that two customers were removed after a "disturbance" and said it would investigate the report.
The incident is said to have taken place while the plane was still at Heathrow airport, and also involved Mr Saleh's friend.
Mr Saleh said: "This lady screamed, 'what is he saying?' and said she felt uncomfortable.
"The captain came and asked what happened.
"I was so disgusted I took a video as I was being asked to leave," he added.
'I just froze'

US airline Delta released a statement on its website saying "more than 20 customers" expressed their discomfort. It is unclear whether they were referring to the Arabic speaking, or the disturbance that followed.
"We take all allegations of discrimination seriously and we are gathering all of the facts before jumping to any conclusion," the statement said.
It continued, "Maintaining a safe, comfortable and orderly onboard environment is paramount for every flight and requires the co-operation of all of our customers."
Mr Saleh said he later boarded a different flight with a different company.
"Once we were off the [Delta Airlines] plane, we were told it was because we were being loud. You don't just kick someone off for being loud!" said Mr Saleh.
Mr Saleh's friend, Slim Albaher, who was also escorted off the plane, said: "I just froze. It was like something you'd only see in the movies."
Image copyrightSCREEN GRABImage captionA selection of Adam Saleh's past YouTube videosMr Saleh is well-known for carrying out pranks, which he posts on YouTube.
Earlier this month, he claimed to have hidden in a suitcase and travelled from Melbourne to Sydney in the hold. It was later exposed as a hoax.
Mr Saleh has also filmed a number of experiments to see how plane passengers respond to flying alongside Muslims.
Numerous Arabic speakers have reported being questioned, or made to leave planes, and felt it was because their race or assumptions about their religion.
London pastor Olaolu Opebiyi was removed from an easyJet plane in March, after a passenger spotted a "prayer on his phone" and reported him as a security threat.
An Iraqi university student in California said he was escorted off a Southwest Airlines flight in the US after having a conversation in Arabic in April.
Faizah Shaheen, a Muslim from Leeds, was detained by UK airport police under terror laws in August, after she was spotted reading a book on Syrian culture during her honeymoon flight.
Image copyrightTWITTERDelta Airlines has in the past been accused of racism.
In October, Tamika Cross, a black doctor, said her credentials were questionedwhen she tried to help a patient on an internal US flight.
Earlier this week, the airline announced it had investigated the doctor's "unfortunate encounter", and would be changing its policy and training as a result.
Mr Saleh's many followers picked up his Delta Airlines story, and in just three hours his video had more than 120,000 retweets and five million views on Facebook.
Soon after the Heathrow incident, the hashtag #BoycottDelta was trending in London and his updates on Twitter were getting lots of shares.

This is the guy who plays tons of pranks speaking Arabic on planes:



I've seen some people saying it's a PR stunt and all faked (which I genuinely would not put past some youtubers) and an American journalist tweeted that she knew someone on the plane and passengers tipped staff off that he had a history of doing the above videos ^

However don't think I'm defending it, really horrible thing for a company to do?! Seriously hope there's something else to it that hasn't come around yet, I havent seen any comments from Delta yet either saying their side?

Yeah. Discuss!

[xxMATTGxx]

I'm heading towards it being a prank and they got kicked off for causing a disturbance considering his recent videos involving planes. There was a video as well where it showed him being inside a suitcase and the video acted like he was put into the hold of the aircraft where all the luggage went and flew like that to his destination. Another prank, airline posted on social media that it was fake and they have proof via CCTV that actually he was sat in a seat on the plane.

ADAM Saleh, who describes himself as a “professional idiot”, made headlines this morning for claiming he squeezed into a tiny suitcase and illegally flew in the baggage hold from Melbourne to Sydney.

Although, it has happened in the past where people have been kicked off due to them speaking a different language or due to what they look like etc etc. So it could be real but due to his recent stupid pranks I'm not so sure.

The problem with these type of videos/pranks is when something actually legit happens and it's wrong - People will no longer start to believe it. (Boy who cried wolf) etc.

[FlyingJesus]

Sounds like a bit of a dong to me, purposely acts in a suspicious way on high security flights then is indignant when there are consequences. The whole "it's a prank!!!!!" excuse that seems to have popped up for everything this year is just a way for people to try getting away with being thugs and idiots. If you get your jollies from upsetting people you can't really claim the higher ground, Delta might have handled it badly but I can't make myself feel sorry for him

[wixard]

Knowing he was more than likely playing it up by trying to scare people makes me feel no sympathy

i also find the people shouting and waving bye bizarre and feel like there's obviously something we didn't see happen before the camera came out

if not tho those people suck

[Nick]

good what else does the idiot expect

[lemons]

youtubers are annoying

we will have to wait for the full story 👌🏻

[Prosiary]

Hes a moron.

[xxMATTGxx]

They released this video:



Then I came across this tweet by Keemstar:

Yo @omgAdamSaleh explain this. pic.twitter.com/QUqrZXAPF3

— KEEM 🍿 (@KEEMSTAR) December 22, 2016

Delta have also released an updated statement on the matter:

"Delta issued the following statement this evening regarding Flight 1:

Upon landing the crew was debriefed and multiple passenger statements collected. Based on the information collected to date, it appears the customers who were removed sought to disrupt the cabin with provocative behavior, including shouting. This type of conduct is not welcome on any Delta flight. While one, according to media reports, is a known prankster who was video recorded and encouraged by his traveling companion, what is paramount to Delta is the safety and comfort of our passengers and employees. It is clear these individuals sought to violate that priority."

http://news.delta.com/updated-statem...ptive-behavior

[-:Undertaker:-]

#FakeNews

Hope he gets a lifetime ban and Delta sue him.

Lol @ all the left wing SJWs jumping on it though to virtue signal (as always) becuz if it's retweeted on Twitter it must be true!

[Stephen]

he did a video once where he was counting down in arabic on a plane and called it a social experiment