Flight Crew Calls Police Due To 2 Unruly Children On Skywest Plane From Long Beach
LONG BEACH (CBS) — A Skywest crew radioed authorities Tuesday when two children refused to fasten their seat belts on a flight from Long Beach to Portland, Ore.
Officers with the Port of Portland Police Department were called to meet the Skywest-operated Alaska Airlines plane when it landed at Portland International Airport at 7:20 p.m., Alaska spokeswoman Marianne Lindsey told CBS2.
"During the flight, the children became disruptive and wouldn't stay in their seats and wouldn't fasten their seat belts, which is against federal regulations," she said in a statement.
It was unknown if they were seated at the time of the landing.
"Following this, an Alaska Airlines supervisor meet with the family (of four), talked with them about the need to comply with Federal Air Regulations that the children must be in their seats and remain buckled when asked," Lindsey added. "Our supervisor then personally escorted the family to the gate for their connecting flight Alaska Airlines Flight 2056 from Portland to Seattle which departed at 8:30 p.m."
The family's name has not been released.