23-year-old vlogger, Adam Saleh took to social media to share a incident that took place while on Delta airlines. Saleh says that he and another passenger, Slim Albaher, were kicked off his Delta flight “for speaking Arabic to my mom on a plane.” Delta is investigating the incident now after the video has gotten a ton of views and backlash.
The video has been retweeted nearly 250,000 times and counting on Twitter. In the video Saleh says,
“I can not believe my eyes. I can not believe it. We spoke a different language on a plane, and now we’re getting kicked out.”
In the video other passengers can be see waving and saying “See ya!” which was the most shocking part to me. Saleh continues to say,
“That’s insane. This is 2016. 2016. I spoke a word — a different language — and you feel uncomfortable. I’m about to cry right now. Seriously.”
He then took to Twitter to say,
UPDATE: were taking off right now and heading to our lawyer once in NYC. Any inquiries email: [email protected]
Alot of people are not taking to this due to the fact that Saleh has a history of doing Youtube pranks on planes. He also has pulled many fake stunts before which people have called him out for. In his defense, Delta does have a history of discrimination. People are now saying they plan to boycott the airlines.
We got kicked out of a @Delta airplane because I spoke Arabic to my mom on the phone and with my friend slim… WTFFFFFFFF please spread pic.twitter.com/P5dQCE0qos
— Adam Saleh (@omgAdamSaleh) December 21, 2016
DELTA KICKEDF us out https://t.co/R9t9WObNLb
— Adam Saleh (@omgAdamSaleh) December 21, 2016
delta airlines kicked us out for speaking Arabic to my mom on a plane https://t.co/ZLyIT4ORdY
— Adam Saleh (@omgAdamSaleh) December 21, 2016
Please help us get back to NYC https://t.co/DPBoQ6MN8z
— Adam Saleh (@omgAdamSaleh) December 21, 2016
Boycottdelta https://t.co/3tbPMSH9rH
— Adam Saleh (@omgAdamSaleh) December 21, 2016
We are still stuck at the airport and Delta has not given us any info. They keep telling us to wait. Please spread the word #BoycottDelta
— Adam Saleh (@omgAdamSaleh) December 21, 2016
UPDATE: Delta just brought the police to speak to us.
— Adam Saleh (@omgAdamSaleh) December 21, 2016
UPDATE: We're being security checked AGAIN right now.
— Adam Saleh (@omgAdamSaleh) December 21, 2016
UPDATE: were now on another flight with a different airline heading to NYC after being checked for 30 minutes. We land 5:50pm in NYC
— Adam Saleh (@omgAdamSaleh) December 21, 2016
UPDATE: were taking off right now and heading to our lawyer once in NYC. Any inquiries email: [email protected]
— Adam Saleh (@omgAdamSaleh) December 21, 2016
Thank you all so much for your support!! I appreciate every single one of you!!! Will talk when I land! Love xx
— Adam Saleh (@omgAdamSaleh) December 21, 2016
I'm so confused pic.twitter.com/pCLhhpvH2A
— The Joker (@_Thepromiser) December 21, 2016
It isn't the first time @Delta airlines is discriminating non-white people and it won't be the last if we don't speak up!! #BOYCOTTDELTA pic.twitter.com/Vq0HSeElrO
— Ruveyda ❣️ (@ruuv_) December 21, 2016
Delta airlines just kicked Adam and i off the plane because we were speaking Arabic…
— Slim Albaher (@SlimmySlim94) December 21, 2016
the fact them people on the plane were cheering and waving 'bye' disgusted me. this makes me lose faith in all humanity. #boycottdelta
— Benny (@Beno_ldn) December 21, 2016
Source: Complex