#BoycottDelta YouTubers share new video accounts of the incident. Adam Saleh and Slim Albaher were travelling from London to New York Wednesday when they were made to leave the aircraft. In video and tweets Saleh shared from the cabin, he said he was being kicked off for speaking Arabic to his mother, after other passengers complained. The clip provoked a swift backlash against the airline on social media, although Delta has since said the pair were removed for intentionally disrupting the cabin. Me and Slim were just shocked," Saleh said. After that, another man stood up, he claims, and aggressively asked for them to be "chucked" off the plane. Saleh has previously shared videos that seek to expose Muslim stereotypes, as well as a recent clip where he pretended to travel in his luggage — a hoax that was quickly exposed. In footage outside the plane, a crew member says to Saleh, "You brought attention upon yourself, and you're obviously doing it for the benefit of...," pointing to the camera. Representatives of Saleh told Mashable the incident was not a prank. I felt like a criminal," he said.
Two YouTube celebrities who claim they were removed from a Delta flight for speaking Arabic have shared additional footage after a livestream of the incident went viral.
Adam Saleh and Slim Albaher were travelling from London to New York Wednesday when they were made to leave the aircraft.
In video and tweets Saleh shared from the cabin, he said he was being kicked off for speaking Arabic to his mother, after other passengers complained. The clip provoked a swift backlash against the airline on social media, although Delta has since said the pair were removed for intentionally disrupting the cabin.
Since returning to New York, the two men, who regularly upload prank videos, have shared emotional accounts of the day on YouTube, as well as additional footage of the incident.
In one video, Saleh said he spoke briefly to his mother and then with Albaher in Arabic, after which a woman nearby expressed discomfort.
“She looks back and she says ‘can you please speak English, I feel really uncomfortable.’ Me and…
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