A passenger is expelled from a plane in Florida for wearing a thong as a mask | VIDEO

The airline United Airlines ejected a passenger wearing a thong on his face as a mask on Wednesday from a plane before taking off his flight between Fort Lauderdale, in Florida, and Washington DC, local media reported Thursday.

Adam JenneThe 38-year-old put on that garment instead of a mask to illustrate the “absurdity” of the rule that requires wearing a mask on airplanes due to Covid-19, as he explained to the NBC2 News channel.

A video filmed by another passenger and broadcast by local media shows the moment when the staff of United Airlines informs Jenne that you will not be able to travel with the red thong on your face.

The man then asks why he cannot fly, and when they answer that he is not complying with the rules, he leaves his seat, resigned.

In an interview with NBC2 News, Jenne compared herself to the Afro-American civil rights movement icon Rosa Parks, who refused to give up her seat to a white man on an Alabama bus in 1955.

“Everything that has caused a change in this country has started with ordinary people,” he told the news channel. Rosa Parks was not famous. It changed the course of history ”.

According Jenne, his expulsion from the flight caused several passengers to leave the plane, as a sign of solidarity.

In the video you can see how at least one of them asks to get off the device after the incident.

United Airlines issued a statement about what happened.

“The customer was clearly not complying with the federal mandate on masks and we appreciate that our team addressed the problem on the ground before takeoff, avoiding any potential disruption in the air,” reads the text, published by NBC2 News.

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