Nervous FA Alerts Spirit Airlines Captain/ 1st Officer

Four passengers were taken off a Spirit Airlines Inc flight at BWI after one who appeared to be Muslim viewed what another passenger thought was an Islamic State video, a government source said.
Initial checks of the three men and a woman and their baggage found nothing suspicious, said the source, who spoke on condition of anonymity.
Spirit said that the incident took place when Flight 969 from BWI - ORD was taxiing to the runway.
"A passenger alerted a flight attendant of a passenger engaged in suspicious activity on board," it said. The plane returned to the gate, and police removed the four. The government source said a female passenger who appeared to be Muslim was watching a video on her phone that another passenger thought was from Islamic State. The militant group has claimed responsibility for the attacks in Paris on Friday that killed 129 people.

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Originally Posted by ddagencylv

Four passengers were taken off a Spirit Airlines Inc flight at BWI after one who appeared to be Muslim viewed what another passenger thought was an Islamic State video, a government source said.
Initial checks of the three men and a woman and their baggage found nothing suspicious, said the source, who spoke on condition of anonymity.
Spirit said that the incident took place when Flight 969 from BWI - ORD was taxiing to the runway.
"A passenger alerted a flight attendant of a passenger engaged in suspicious activity on board," it said. The plane returned to the gate, and police removed the four. The government source said a female passenger who appeared to be Muslim was watching a video on her phone that another passenger thought was from Islamic State. The militant group has claimed responsibility for the attacks in Paris on Friday that killed 129 people.

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Using the phone in LIVE mode (not airplane mode) is a violation and appeared to be the correct call here.
Extremely sensitive times - even more so for Muslims without further comment !

You don't have to watch a video in LIVE mode it's held on the phone so not a violation and so not the right call. Do we now start offloading passengers playing Call of Duty or Halo 5 as perhaps they have attended a terrorist training camp !!

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Originally Posted by R.M.Anderson

even more so for Muslims without further comment !

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I don't put on my moderator cap very often, but I'm going to in this case. Be careful there, you're definitely toeing the line with that.