Entitled Delta passenger causes plane to return to gate after refusing to hang up phone before takeoff
A Delta Air Lines flight from Miami to Atlanta was forced to return to the gate before takeoff after a passenger refused to end her phone call. The woman, identified as Shannon Marie Harris, became belligerent when asked to comply, prompting passengers to chant 'get off the plane.' Harris was later charged with trespassing and released on a $500 bond, while the flight departed about an hour late.
- ▪Shannon Marie Harris, 46, refused to hang up her phone call before takeoff, leading to the plane returning to the gate.
- ▪Passengers began chanting 'get off the plane' after the pilot announced everyone would have to deboard due to her refusal to comply.
- ▪Harris was charged with trespassing and released on a $500 bond, and Delta flight 1323 eventually took off an hour behind schedule.
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US News Entitled Delta passenger causes plane to return to gate after refusing to hang up phone before takeoff By Patrick Reilly Published May 3, 2026, 8:09 p.m. ET An entitled traveler forced a Delta plane to return to the gate because she refused to hang up her phone before takeoff — prompting outraged passengers to chant “get off the plane.” Shannon Marie Harris, 46, was asked by flight attendants to end her phone call after boarding a Delta Air Lines flight from Miami International Airport to Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport on Monday, April 27. But she refused and became “belligerent” just before takeoff, leading the pilots to turn the plane back around to the gate, where everyone on board was asked to deboard after she wouldn’t leave as asked, according to WSB-TV.
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