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Passenger Lights A Cigarette During US Flight

Passenger Lights A Cigarette During US Flight

Fellow passengers watched in amazement

Rebecca Shepherd

Rebecca Shepherd

A passenger on board a plane was seen brazenly lighting up a cigarette before sitting back to relax mid-flight to the surprise of his fellow passengers.

The man was travelling to Minnesota, US, on a morning flight when he took the cig break which a woman sat next to him caught on camera.

The video shows the man taking out the cig before popping it in his mouth, lighting it and sitting back to get comfortable.

For anyone wondering why we're writing about this - smoking on a plane is illegal and a complete ban has been in place since 2000. But, surely there's no one that didn't know that.

Well, apart from this guy. Obviously.

The fella lit up and puffed away.
ViralHog

A man across the aisle from Smokey-McGee can be seen double taking when he spots his fellow traveller lighting up. Presumably shocked, he looks around him for assistance before pressing the buzzer above his head.

Ushering the flight attendant over with as little fuss as possible, the man sneakily points at the bloke who, by this stage, has his eyes closed and cigarette between his fingers.

The man across the aisle can't believe his eyes.
ViralHog

The flight attendant taps the bloke on his shoulder and tells him: "You cannot smoke on planes. It is against the law, you do know that, right? Can I have your boarding pass?" EVERYONE KNOWS THAT.

Confusion quickly turned into horror for the smoking man who says 'oh my God', before holding his head in his hands.

The woman who filmed the mishap explained: "Throughout the flight, I could hear him making loud outbursts. Roughly 40 minutes before we landed, he laid across the two seats with his butt towards me.

"He continued his loud outbursts and began aggressively flipping the tray open and closed, then he sat up. I saw him take the cigarettes and lighter out of his pocket.

The cigarette was put out on the tray table.
ViralHog

"I pulled out my phone and started to record as he lit the cigarette. The man across from us became nervous and flagged the attendant down as I recorded.

"The attendant put the cigarette out on the tray and took his boarding pass. He didn't have any other issues, and when we landed, the airport police took him off the flight first."

Lesson learned.

Featured Image Credit: ViralHog

Topics: Plane, News, Weird, Smoking