Woman kicked off Spirit flight after lighting up cigarette

A passenger was removed from a Spirit Airlines flight by authorities this week after lighting up a cigarette on a plane as it waited for its gate in Fort Lauderdale. She was escorted off the plane after Broward Sheriff’s Office Airport District deputies “responded to a disturbance” on the flight, which flew to Florida from Detroit. “On scene, deputies met with Spirit Airlines employees and were advised that they wanted a female passenger removed from the plane for smoking,” a the sheriff’s office said Wednesday. “Deputies made contact with the request, and no arrest was made.” The incident was captured on video by a passenger sitting behind the smoker, Florida resident Alexa Majdalawi. “I was actually the one who finally got a flight attendant to report her,” Majdalawi said. “I was immediately behind her and asked her to put it out multiple times. I asked to move because I have asthma and I couldn’t breathe ... other people were looking around confused. None of us understood why a flight attendant didn’t come over.” Smoking has been prohibited on all domestic and international flights coming into and out of the United States since 2000 – and other rules began prohibiting the habit on certain flights as early as 1988.<br/>