- A Black woman says she was made to move to the back of a plane during a Delta flight, per ABC7.
- Camille Henderson claims that she was asked to move to give two white passengers more room, reports say.
- She told The Daily Beast she felt “dehumanized” by the experience.
A Black woman has accused Delta Air Lines of booting her to the back of a plane, mid-flight, to make room for two white passengers, ABC7 Bay Area was first to report.
Camille Henderson of Alameda, California was flying to San Francisco from Atlanta, Georgia on February 7 when the incident reportedly took place.
She was sitting in 15A —a window seat — before being told to move to row 34 about an hour into the flight, according to ABC7.
Henderson claims she was told to move after two women, who were both white, complained to flight attendants about their seating arrangements. They were seated in 15B and 15C — the middle and aisle seats of the row Henderson was sitting in.
The Daily Beast reported that the women claimed they were supposed to have first-class seats but didn’t have physical tickets to prove this. Delta staff said they couldn’t seat them in first-class if they didn’t have physical tickets, according to a recording reviewed by the…