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A passenger was removed from a JetBlue flight on Thursday after accosting Ivanka Trump, a spokesman for the airline said.
Another passenger was also ejected, the airline said.
The flight was awaiting takeoff from John F. Kennedy Airport in New York City, bound for San Francisco, when a man began shouting at Ms. Trump, the daughter of President-elect Donald Trump, about her father, according to news reports and a witness.
A representative for Ms. Trump didn’t respond to requests to comment.
The celebrity website TMZ first reported on the incident, writing that Ms. Trump ignored the man as he shouted against her father.
JetBlue didn’t identify either passenger who was removed.
A Brooklyn, N.Y.-based artist, Marc Scheff, said on Facebook he had been on the plane and that the man “did not yell” and Ivanka handled it “calmly and with class.”
In a phone interview, Mr. Scheff confirmed he was on the plane. He said that he doesn’t support Mr. Trump.
Ms. Trump, 35 years old, and her husband, also 35, have been advisers to the president-elect and were prominent faces in his campaign.
According to the JetBlue statement, “If the crew determines that a customer is causing conflict on the aircraft, the customer will be asked to deplane, especially if the crew feels the situation runs the risk of escalation during flight. In this instance, our team worked to reaccommodate the party on the next available flight.”
Source: The Wall Street Journal
