Hawaiian Airlines has released a statement giving their account of the incident involving Kandi Burruss and Todd Tucker.
The “Real Houswives of Atlanta” star took to her Instagram page and blasted the airline for kicking them off of their flight “for no reason.”
However, in their statement, Hawaiian Airlines says the couple became irate when a flight attendant failed to return their baggage claim ticket in a timely manner.
During the boarding process for Flight 526 yesterday, we encountered a computer issue with tickets for Ms. Kandi Burruss and her husband, who had already boarded the aircraft. To remedy the situation, our employees asked to see their boarding passes while the guests remained onboard. Once resolved, the flight was ready for an on-time departure and the aircraft pushed back from the gate at 4:26 p.m. We failed to return these boarding passes to our customers, whose baggage claim tickets were attached to the back of these passes, and we sincerely apologize for the confusion and undue anxiety that this caused.
According to reports from our crew, our flight attendants attempted to reassure the travelers that their luggage would be ready for pickup when they arrived on Maui. However, the travelers became increasingly irate and at least one member of the Burruss’ traveling party requested that the plane return to the gate. For the safety and comfort of all travelers onboard, the captain elected to return to the gate and allow the Burruss party to deplane and work with our agents to resolve their concerns. HA 526 took off at 5:15 after a 45-minute delay. Ms. Burruss, her husband and two members of their traveling party were accommodated on the next flight, which departed from Honolulu at 6:00 p.m.
That sounds a tad less “dramatical” than being kicked off of a flight.
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