Virgin Australia gives life ban to woman over racist rant on flight

AN AUSTRALIAN woman has been banned from flying Virgin for life after she was filmed yelling insults at a Sydney family on a flight to Fiji.

The video, obtained by Nine News, shows the woman verbally abusing the family seated opposite her while the plane was on the tarmac preparing to leave Sydney airport.

“You’re a f***ing Muslim,” the woman could he heard saying in the video obtained by Nine News.

When cabin crew tried to subdue her, she yelled: “I’ve done nothing wrong. Are you f***ing kidding me? I’ve done nothing wrong. I’m just sitting here”.

A child, presumed to be the woman’s son, tried putting his hands over her mouth in an apparent attempt to quieten her.

But the woman continued with her tirade.

“So the Australian, now we’re a minority,” she said to the crew, before threatening to knock out the person filming the incident.

“Keep recording. I’m going to knock her out. So you’re not worried about those that chop people’s heads off? Wow,” she said.

The woman was eventually escorted off the plane by Fijian authorities. The family at the receiving end of the insults claim the woman was drunk.

Virgin Australia told Nine News the passenger has received a life ban from flying with the airline.

In a statement, the airline said: “Virgin Australia takes the safety of our guests and our crew very seriously. On board Virgin Australia flight VA 181 from Sydney to Nadi on 4 May 2017, a passenger acted in an inappropriate manner towards other passengers and our crew.

“The matter is now in the hands of the Fijian authorities and out of respect for the privacy of our passengers and our crew, it would be inappropriate to provide any further details.”

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