JetBlue flight makes dramatic U-turn after passenger accused of causing disturbance… but travelers insist he was innocent

A JetBlue plane turned around mid-flight after a passenger was accused of causing a disturbance, but other travelers have leapt to his defense.

The flight from Boston to Las Vegas departed around 8pm on Monday, but had to make a U-turn after a ‘non-compliant’ passenger was reportedly being ‘verbally abusive’.

Video from the flight obtained by the Daily Mail shows two Massachusetts State Troopers escorting a male passenger, with a backpack and suitcase, off the plane.

The troopers were notified at 10pm that Jet Blue flight 777 was returning to the gate because of the disruptive passenger, Massachusetts State Police told the Daily Mail.

A witness defended the removed passenger on social media, calling the incident ‘ridiculous.’

The altercation was allegedly caused because of a miscommunication over a seat, the witness said.

‘I was on this flight and so were many others, and we could all tell you that the passenger was not being verbally abusive at all,’ they wrote.

‘The flight attendant was on a power trip and this was a total overreach of power. The person in question was buckled up never raise his voice, never swore was not drunk – he was sober.

Video from the flight obtained by the Daily Mail shows two Massachusetts State Troopers escorting a male passenger off the plane

The flight from Boston to Las Vegas departed around 8pm on Monday, but had to make a U-turn after a ‘non-compliant’ passenger was reportedly being ‘verbally abusive’

The troopers were notified at 10pm that Jet Blue flight 777 was returning to the gate because of the disruptive passenger

‘This was such an inconvenience for so many people. Everyone just jumps to conclusion based on nothing in the comment section,’ they added.

The witness also told the Daily Mail the passenger was ‘compliant’ and ‘had done nothing’.

Another witness who claimed to be sitting one row away from the removed passenger said the flight attendant was ‘on a straight power trip.’

‘The passenger who was removed, never raised his voice, never even unbuckled his seatbelt following take off,’ they wrote on Facebook.

They claimed the flight attendant got mad when he found out the interaction was recorded and the passenger threatened to report him to JetBlue corporate.

‘I along with many other passengers on this flight will be filing complaints with JetBlue in regards to the action of this crew member.’

The flight was traveling from Boston to Las Vegas but did a 180 after a ‘non-compliant’ passenger was reportedly being ‘verbally abusive’

The JetBlue flight almost made it to Buffalo, New York, before turning back to Logan International Airport in Boston

While the police did not release the passenger’s identity, they did add a 37-year-old male from Louisville, Kentucky, is being summonsed to appear for interference with a flight crew.

The police did not release any additional details regarding what the verbal altercation was about.

JetBlue confirmed the air disturbance in a statement to the Daily Mail.

‘Law enforcement met the aircraft, and once the customers involved deplaned, the flight departed again for Las Vegas,’ the statement read.

The JetBlue flight almost made it to Buffalo, New York, before turning back to Logan International Airport in Boston, according to FlightAware.