3-year-old kicked off flight for refusing to use seatbelt
ASSOCIATED PRESS May 30, 2012 11:56AM
Updated: May 30, 2012 1:19PM
SEATTLE — A 3-year-old boy who refused to use his seatbelt never got off the ground when he and his father boarded an Alaska Airlines flight at an airport in Seattle.
The pilot returned to the gate at Sea-Tac Airport on Saturday and asked the father and the boy to get off.
Alaska Airlines says it was a matter of safety and the pilot would rather deal with it on the ground than in mid-flight.
The father, Mark Yanchak of Everett, told KIRO-FM the crew overreacted.
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