Man kicked off JetBlue flight and banned for life after shouting racist abuse

A man was removed from a flight by police after shouting racist abuse at fellow passengers onboard the aircraft. The unnamed white man, who was caught on video by several other travellers during the incident, initially became angry after finding there was no space for his bag in the overhead lockers, reports local media. He then became embroiled in an altercation with a black woman over seating allocations, which sparked a racist tirade. In one of the videos taken onboard the aircraft, the man, who is wearing a Burger King cardboard crown, claims the woman had kneed him in the stomach. “Call the f***ing police right now, I know you saw it,” he shouts in footage shared on social media. “Excuse me, I’m part West African, I can say n****r anytime I want,” he went on. In other footage shared online, he shouts: “Get that n****r bitch off the plane.” Cabin crew can be heard trying to calm him down and asking him to stop shouting while they sort out the situation, to no avail. The situation escalated into a full-on fight, with the man shouting the n-word repeatedly and other passengers weighing in and trying to hit him. Police were called to attend the scene and the man was later filmed being escorted through the airport to applause and cheering from other passengers. The incident took place on a JetBlue flight from Kingston, Jamaica to New York on 20 October, prior to take-off. A spokesperson for JetBlue said that the man had been banned from flying with the airline.<br/>