Coverage dated September 3, 2023 to September 5, 2023
Air Canada apologizes for booting passengers who complained that their seats were smeared with vomit
Headline from Anchorage Daily News, on the newest of 2 developments
A flight attendant and a supervisor told them that the flight was full and they would just have to sit there.
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Developments in this update
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Air Canada passengers removed for refusing to sit on vomit-soiled seats
Headline from Washington Post ·
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Air Canada apologizes for booting passengers who complained that their seats were smeared with vomit
An Air Canada passenger wrote that two of her fellow travelers were kicked off a plane because they refused to sit in vomit-covered seats that were not properly cleaned.
(CNN) — Air Canada has issued an apology after two passengers were told to sit in poorly cleaned seats that had been covered in vomit on a previous flight. Details of the incident, which occurred on board a flight from Las Vegas to Montreal on August 26, were posted online by passenger Susan Benson.
Two Air Canada passengers were booted off their flight to Montreal after raising complaints that their seats were covered in vomit before their five-hour flight.
Air Canada says it has apologized to two passengers who were escorted off a plane by security after protesting that their seats were smeared in vomit. The airline said Tuesday that the passengers “clearly did not receive the standard of care to which they were entitled.
MONTREAL, Canada — Air Canada says it has apologized to two passengers who were escorted off a plane by security after protesting that their seats were smeared in vomit. The airline said Tuesday that the passengers “clearly did not receive the standard of care to which they were entitled.