A couple held up a flight for three hours before it was cancelled – after they demanded their kid be seated in first class despite paying for an economy ticket.
A passenger said the trouble started when an apparently unsupervised toddler began to sob in the seat next to him.
It quickly turned out that his parents were in first class but had only bought him an economy ticket.
The boy’s dad allegedly kicked up a stink, demanding that his two-year-old son be moved to first class at no extra cost.
The flight from Beijing, China, was bound for Chengdu and then had to be cancelled.
Mr Zhao filmed how cabin crew, security guards, and passengers pleaded with the furious dad as he tried to get his way.
As they explained for the umpteenth time that the tot wasn’t entitled to a free upgrade, the man yelled at them: “Stop swearing at me.
“You have no right to do that.”
As a security guard tried to cool things down, the dad shouted: “What gives you the right to order me about?”
A woman then hit back: “You’ve wasted too much of our time and we won’t tolerate it any longer.”
Local media said the drama kicked off around 11 am and only ended when the dad was booted off the flight at 2 pm.
The journey ended up being cancelled and the other approximately 300 passengers all reportedly had to rebook their flights.
One social media user wrote: “He can switch seats. Let him sit in economy class, and have the mum take care of the child in the first-class cabin.”
Another claimed: “I’m on this flight. There are students crying anxiously as they rush for exams the next day.
“There are couples heading home for marriage, and others travelling with organised tours, their plans disrupted.
“After three hours of dilemma, I really feel the lack of some decisive contingency measures.
“The funniest part is, they don’t admit to human-induced delays, as the cancellation is claimed to be due to weather reasons.”
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