It was a storm over a cup of tea.
A JetBlue passenger claims she was tackled by the flight crew after trying to get rid of her teacup and spoon.
Angela Siddell was flying from JFK Airport to Costa Rica on Oct. 31 to celebrate her recent retirement when a strange and very British commotion unfolded as she searched for a container to dump the remains of her tea on board, she said in a lawsuit.
The 74-year-old grandmother of four, who lives in Jersey in the UK and once worked as a flight attendant, claims she was in the bathroom while cabin crew were collecting rubbish, and she simply placed hers in the toilet. counter in the kitchen when he couldn’t find a trash can, according to court documents.
The next thing she knew, a crew member who was “unusually loud and verbally aggressive” falsely accused her of throwing the cup in the galley, according to court documents.
When Siddell asked for his name and employee identification number, the worker refused.
The cabin crew also did not give Siddell the name of the pilot, or even provide her with a complaint form or paper for her to write her complaint, so she used a vomit bag.
JetBlue cabin crew physically harassed the British grandmother, leaving her with a black eye and shoulder injuries, she claims in a lawsuit. REUTERS
The situation allegedly turned violent when Siddell walked to the back of the plane to read the name tag of the flight attendant who had accused her, only to have the crew member grab her wrist “while another crew member JetBlue cabin crew was pushing her.” [her] in the back with great force,” he maintains in court documents filed against the airline.
Siddell hit her head on the plane’s rear exit door and was handcuffed with her arms behind her back before the flight was diverted to Orlando, where she and her traveling companion were ejected.
She is seeking unspecified damages.
JetBlue did not respond to a request for comment.
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