Pilot threatens to turn plane around if passenger continues to AirDrop nudes
Topics: News, Travel, Technology
Gerrard Kaonga
Featured Image Credit: TikTok/@teighmars / Kevin Carter/Getty Images
Topics: News, Travel, Technology
A pilot threatened to cancel a flight before the plane had even left the ground if a passenger didn't stop Airdropping unsolicited nudes.
Teighlor Marsalis told CNN she'd just boarded a Southwest Airlines flight to Cabo, Mexico, back in 2022 when passengers started getting notifications of files being shared with them via AirDrop
Though she declined, other passengers accepted the files and showed her the pictures.
She said: "It was a nude man that had AirDropped himself to everyone."
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Passengers complained about the unsolicited pictures to flight attendants, who let the pilot know what was happening, and understandably he was less than impressed.
Beyond being creepy and gross, cyberflashing is also a crime in some states - and the pilot was having none of it.
Teighlor recorded him telling passengers he wouldn't hesitate to delay their holiday of the person responsible didn't cut it out:
In a video which has been viewed three million times, the pilot can be heard saying: "So here’s the deal, if this continues while we’re on the ground I’m going to have to pull back to the gate, everybody’s going to have to get off, we’re going to have to get security involved and... vacation is going to be ruined.
"Whatever that AirDrop thing is, quit sending naked pictures, and let’s get yourselves to Cabo."
The pilot’s measured and considered tone and threat has amused people online.
In fact, more than 1,000 people have commented on the original TikTok video, which was shared four days ago.
Most of them are just laughing at the ‘major dad vibes’ they’re getting from the man in charge of the plane.
One said: “’Don’t make me come back there’ vibe.”
Another wrote: “Like a school bus driver with a bunch of rowdy kids.”
A third commented: “I’m gonna turn this plane around and everyone’s vacation will be ruined. Haha major dad vibes.”
Some of the others who have seen it are a little less happy-go-lucky, with one person seriously noting: “Pilot has ultimate authority.
“He doesn't need a reason. If he doesn’t like something that’s his choice.”
Teighlor said that flight attendants went round to check on everyone ten minutes after the incident, and after that the flight took off and there was no further upsets.
Southwest Airlines said at the time: "The safety, security and wellbeing of customers and employees is the Southwest team’s highest priority at all times.
"When made aware of a potential problem, our employees address issues to support the comfort of those traveling with us."