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Woman not allowed to board US flight as her outfit deemed 'lewd' & 'obscene' source: https://mothership.sg/2020/10/woman-not-allowed-board-plane-outfit-obscene-southwest/ Southwest Airlines, the world's largest low-cost carrier based in the United States, made a female passenger wear a t-shirt belonging to the pilot before letting her on the flight. The reason? The woman's own outfit was deemed inappropriate for boarding. Woman reacts on Twitter In response to the order to get more clothed, the woman, Kayla Eubanks, who hails from Chicago, tweeted about the encounter on Oct. 7. She wrote on Twitter: “Y’all I was KICKED OFF my @SouthwestAir flight because my boobs are ‘lewd, obscene and offensive’.” “I was told that passengers may look at me in my attire and be offended.” The woman claimed the airline staff tried to “police” her body by forcing her to cover up. Eubanks also claimed that staff called her outfit “lewd, obscene and offensive” and refused to let her board the plane as it contravened the airline’s dress code. What dress code? Eubanks then demanded to see the carrier’s policy. “I really wanna know why @SouthwestAir is policing my clothes like this,” Eubanks said. “How will my shirt impact my flight, for myself, the other passengers or even the pilot?" “Y’all have a dress code for CUSTOMERS who pay to get on a plane? It’s the constant policing of women’s bodies for me.” However, the policy was not produced for her inspection after 20 minutes while she was held at the gate. Encounter caught on videos Eubanks filmed an encounter with a staff at the gate, who appeared to suggest that she would have to be put on another flight because of her outfit. The gate agent could be heard asking: “The flight is closing in three minutes, you don’t want to put something on?” Eubanks again asked to see the policy that stipulated she couldn’t get on the flight. But she was told: “I can’t find it.” Eubanks then said: “You’re not letting me on the plane because of a policy you can’t prove exists?” Captain intervenes The captain of the flight was then asked to intervene. He asked the woman politely if she was willing to put on another outfit and he eventually loaned her a t-shirt so that she could board the aircraft. The captain was filmed asking initially when he approached Eubanks: “They’re hating on you because you’re looking good, is that it?” His response at that moment appeared to have been framed as a compliment in a bid to defuse the situation. Eubanks eventually got on the plane in the captain's t-shirt: Cannot wear the outfit again if she wants to fly Southwest According to Eubanks, the flight was delayed but she was allowed to board. But she was told that she would have to speak to a supervisor upon landing. “You don’t have very many clothes on up at the top,” the supervisor is heard saying on video. “It reveals quite a bit.” He goes on to say that she won’t be allowed to fly Southwest in future if she wears that particular outfit. Refunded woman and apologised A Southwest Airlines spokesperson told media outlets in response to queries that Eubanks has received a refund and an apology from the airline. Southwest Airlines said: “Our employees are responsible for the safety and comfort of everyone onboard the flight." “We do our best to promote a family-centric environment, and we count on our customers to use good judgment and exercise discretion while travelling." "Regarding our policies, each situation is very different, and our employees are responsible for following our Contract of Carriage, available on our website." "The customer travelled on her scheduled itinerary, and we also reached out to her directly to apologise for her experience and provided a refund of her fare as a gesture of goodwill.” Southwest’s website have a policy in the airline’s Contract of Carriage under section 6b(1)(xiv). It said that the carrier can refuse to transport passengers for disruptive behaviour. This includes, “Engaging in lewd, obscene or patently offensive behavior, including wearing clothes that are lewd, obscene or patently offensive”.

The silver lining is the rest of the people on the plane survived... Can't imagine what went through their mind from the time it happened, until the time the plane managed to land... http://www.straitstimes.com/world/united-states/southwest-plane-makes-emergency-landing-in-philly-damage-to-exterior Southwest Airlines plane's engine explodes in mid-air; woman passenger killed after nearly sucked out of window PHILADELPHIA (REUTERS) - An engine on a Dallas-bound Southwest Airlines flight with 149 people aboard apparently exploded on Tuesday (April 17), forcing an emergency landing in Philadelphia as one passenger was killed after she was nearly sucked out a window of the plane, the airline and federal officials said. The fatality on the flight from New York was the first in a US commercial aviation accident since 2009, according to National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) statistics. After an engine on the plane's left side blew, it threw off shrapnel, shattering a window and causing cabin depressurisation that nearly pulled out a female passenger, according to witness accounts and local news media reports.