Plane delayed for an hour because toddler refused to put his seatbelt on
The toddler was eventually taken off the plane, according to El Colombiano.
A crowded flight was delayed for an hour because of a child refusing to buckle their seat belt.
Infuriated passengers on Latam flight 4049, set to fly from Santa Marta to Bogota, Colombia, were left waiting on the tarmac while they boy disobeyed his father.
The captain was ultimately forced to return to the gate after the boy didn’t listen to flight attendants.
In videos passengers were heard yelling at flight attendants to remove the boy, with others saying ‘do something!’.
The toddler was eventually taken off the plane, according to El Colombiano.
A flight attendant said: ‘Dear passengers, we inform you that if the flight regulations are not complied with, we cannot start the flight. They were not complied with, we had to return.
‘And now we are waiting for the passengers who did not comply with the regulations to please disembark. We cannot start the flight this way due to safety.’
After returning to the gate, an airline worker walked to the father and son, before the pair disembarked the plane.
Days ago, shocking footage showed the moment passengers were forced to strip down after being trapped in a ‘sauna’ plane at an airport in Greece.
People on the aircraft set to travel to Doha, Qatar, were struggling to breathe and sweating profusely after being stranded on the tarmac for at least three hours.
Temperatures in Athens reached 38C on Tuesday and have only gone up since, forcing the Hellenic Met Office to issue a warning.
The Acropolis was among the tourist attractions forced to be closed during the heatwave, alongside schools in the Greek capital.
The incident happened on a Qatar Airways jet preparing to head to the Middle East.
People claimed they were abandoned without air conditioning, reportedly due to a technical fault.
Videos show red-faced passengers peeling off their clothes drenched with sweat.
Others were seen collapsed on their seats while people were standing above them and fanning over their faces.
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