South African TV star, Shamiso Mosaka was removed from a flight from Durban to Johannesburg over alleged “unruly” behaviour.
According to BBC Report, the Local airline “CemAir” said that the flight from Durban to Johannesburg on Monday, had been delayed 90-minute because of the influencer’s refusal to follow “safety regulations”.
This was captured in a now trending video, in the video, the influencer is asked to leave the flight by police officers, but refuses to do so until they promise to book her another flight. The airline crew refuse this request.
She tries to defend herself and attempts to rally support from other passengers to corroborate that she wasn’t being a nuisance.
Mosaka then says she feels the incident is racially motivated as she claims the cabin crew have failed to adequately explain what she has done wrong.
CemAir Chief Financial Officer Laura van der Molen told local newspaper The Citizen there was no “racial profiling”.
She said that Mosaka had “refused to adhere to the regulations of the airline and unfortunately had to be forcibly removed”.
It added that the pilot was forced to stop the “already running engines”.
The situation occurred on Sunday at King Shaka Zulu International Airport.
CemAir says the incident has been referred to the South African police and they will deal with the matter.
The airline says it “will support the police in their further investigation and potential prosecution of the matter”.
