Mother and 2-Year-Old Kicked Off Spirit Airlines Flight

Dec. 11, 2017

A Houston pianist and cancer researcher is speaking out after she was kicked off a Spirit Airlines flight along with her 2-year-old son and elderly parents, CBS affiliate KHOU reports.

Mei Rui said she was flying to New York on Friday to participate in a cancer research study. She filmed the incident, and said before the cabin door was closed, she started breastfeeding. Flight attendants told her to stop and put the child into his seat, but Mei said she asked for a few minutes to finish to prevent her son from waking up.

Cellphone footage shows her son in his seat crying when another flight attendant instructs them to leave the plane.

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