Woman Traveling With 'Emotional Support' Squirrel Removed From Flight
- 6 years ago
A passenger was removed from a flight for traveling with an "emotional support" squirrel.
A woman traveling with an "emotional support" squirrel was removed from a Frontier Airlines flight on Tuesday, reports Fox News. She didn't go quietly. According to the news outlet, she initially refused to leave, so police were called to help handle the situation. Soon after authorities arrived, all of the passengers on the flight were deplaned and the woman was escorted off the aircraft, notes ABC News. Frontier Airlines has explained that, while the woman indicated that she would be traveling with a support animal, she did not mention that it was a squirrel. Its policy prohibits rodents of all kinds, regardless of their function. According to ABC News, the flight, which was traveling from Orlando to Cleveland, departed without the woman two hours behind schedule.
A woman traveling with an "emotional support" squirrel was removed from a Frontier Airlines flight on Tuesday, reports Fox News. She didn't go quietly. According to the news outlet, she initially refused to leave, so police were called to help handle the situation. Soon after authorities arrived, all of the passengers on the flight were deplaned and the woman was escorted off the aircraft, notes ABC News. Frontier Airlines has explained that, while the woman indicated that she would be traveling with a support animal, she did not mention that it was a squirrel. Its policy prohibits rodents of all kinds, regardless of their function. According to ABC News, the flight, which was traveling from Orlando to Cleveland, departed without the woman two hours behind schedule.