Upset Traveler Caught on Camera Cursing at Flight Attendant After Plane Delay: ‘Woman Just Loses It and Starts Screaming’

Upset Traveler Caught on Camera Cursing at Flight Attendant After Plane Delay: ‘Woman Just Loses It and Starts Screaming’

“The crew then had the biggest guys on the plane sit next to her just in case she got physical,” said a witness, who shared a clip from her perspective on TikTok

Raven Brunner

Sun, November 30, 2025 at 11:01 PM UTC

3 min read

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A video showing a woman getting upset and cursing at a flight attendant on a delayed flight has gone viral on TikTok
"This woman went absolutely nuts and we had to return back to the gate to remove her," a TikTok user on the flight said
In a follow-up video, the TikToker explained what happened

A viral TikTok shows an upset traveler cursing at a flight attendant after boarding a plane that allegedly sat on the tarmac for more than an hour.

TikTok user @haleyrose99, a fellow passenger on the flight at Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey, shared the video on Nov. 10 — and it has since accumulated nearly 500,000 views as of Nov. 30.

"This woman went absolutely nuts and we had to return back to the gate to remove her," she wrote in the caption.

The video began with two cooperative passengers quietly being escorted from their seats and down the aisle. The third woman in the row then stood up and a flight attendant blocked her from leaving the area.

"I’m getting up. I’m allowed to stand up. When you keep us on the tarmac for an hour, I’m allowed to stand up,” the woman said to the flight attendant, before continuing her response with curse words. “Really not a problem for me to want to f------ stand. F------ c----."

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Newark Liberty International Airport

The traveler was shown looking to the side and seeing the person recording her from another row. She stared at the camera for a moment, and then looked away and shook her head.

Newark International Airport did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment on Nov. 30.

The TikToker also shared an update to explain what else happened.

She said the plane was headed to Charleston, S.C., on Nov. 9, describing the incident as "truly one of the wildest traveling experiences I’ve ever had."

She claimed the flight was delayed for three hours, and then after boarding, the plane was held on the tarmac for about an hour and a half. The passengers were then allegedly told that the plane was "number 30 in line and we have another hour and a half wait."

"So at this point, everyone’s just over it. You can feel the collective exhaustion. And then this woman just loses it and starts screaming the c-word over and over and over again. And everyone goes silent," she said.

The TikTok user said another woman tried to calm the upset traveler down, but it did not work. The upset passenger "started spiraling" when the two women next to her were moved out of the row, according to the TikToker.

"The crew then had the biggest guys on the plane sit next to her just in case she got physical. And once we returned to the gate, she was escorted off. She put her sunglasses on and started going, ‘Thank god,’ ” she recalled.

"The flight attendants were actually angels. Everybody stayed calm," she added.

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A plane on a tarmac (stock image)

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According to the U.S. Department of Transportation, there are many reasons for flight delays, such as bad weather and mechanical issues. Delays considered controllable by the airline include maintenance or crew problems, cabin cleaning, baggage loading and fueling.

A pilot told PEOPLE in November that passengers getting up when a plane gets delayed at a gate can cause even more delays, even if they’re just going to the bathroom."When that happens, we're up in the front trying to get clearance to push back to start getting things going," Republic Airways pilot Rob Donnelly said. "But whenever a passenger gets up to use the bathroom, we are not supposed to move the plane."

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