Mum and daughter ‘Karens’ kicked off flight for demanding passengers’ seats

A mother and her adult daughter dubbed “Karen and Karen 2.0” have been thrown off a flight for demanding passengers give them their seats.

A mother and daughter appeared to get kicked off a Southwest Airlines flight after yelling at passengers to give them an aisle seat, according to a social media video.

The unidentified pair were boarding a flight from Sacramento to San Diego on July 15 when the incident was recorded by a passenger on TikTok. The flight had already been delayed for two hours and was almost full when the two women arrived.

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But with no aisle seats open, one of the women began shouting at passengers to see if anyone could give up their aisle seats.

Southwest Airlines has an open seating policy, allowing passengers to pick their own seats on a first-come, first-served basis, according to its website.

A flight attendant can be heard telling the younger woman: “We have families. We have little kids. We can’t have nobody yelling.”

The younger woman denies that she was yelling and replies: “I was just trying to make the announcement.”

The mother and daughter were dubbed 'Karen and Karen 2.0' for their behaviour. Picture: @official_norcal_mom

They were eventually told to get their things and leave the plane. Picture: @official_norcal_mom

She then says they will take their seats, but that her mother will “scream and cry” and “grab onto people,” according to the video.

The flight attendant told the pair that passengers wouldn’t be safe with that kind of behaviour and an attendant eventually removed them from the flight, the woman who took the video said.

The passenger said the flight was delayed another hour due to the outburst before it finally took off.

Fox News reached out to Southwest Airlines for comment.

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