Summary
Orthodox Jewish passenger Yisroel Liebb filed a federal lawsuit claiming a United Airlines pilot forcibly removed him from an airplane bathroom during a January 2024 flight from Tulum to Houston, exposing his genitalia to passengers.
Liebb said he was experiencing constipation and had been in the bathroom for about 30 minutes when the pilot broke the lock and dragged him out.
After landing, Customs and Border Protection officers detained Liebb and another passenger, allegedly making derogatory remarks about their religion.
United Airlines and CBP declined to comment.
30 minutes? You need to know when to give up buddy. It’s especially fucking rude on an airplane where there are lots of people and limited bathrooms. And security concerns…
That said, when you open the door and you see the dude is actually sitting on the can with his pants down - and not up to something nefarious - maybe you don’t drag him out?
Then we have the cops, need I say more?
Jeez, assholes all around.
Much more detailed article here: https://aviationa2z.com/index.php/2025/03/22/united-pilot-abuse-jewish-passenger-using-lavatory/
There should be a timer and if you take too long the “sonic running out of air” music should start playing.
Now there’s a comment I can hear!
Do you die if you don’t leave the toilet before the music stops? Is your seat your last save checkpoint, or do you respawn right back at the airport?
The main lights shut off until the door is opened, and a display with the word ‘altitude’ starts counting down
Lol
I just read that and here you’ve posted it. What a fucking nutty situation. Broke the lock? Pulled dude out with his dick out? WTF? And then comments about “teh jewz”? Half a dozen homeland officers to roust them?
Sometimes people piss me off at work too but I do my best to not be racist and abuse them, ya know?
A few years ago I would have said there was no fucking way the situation as reported happened. That this side of the story is clearly being hyperbolic and making some stuff up to make it sound worse than it was for the lawsuit.
But given recent events with ICE and CBP… This now seems entirely plausible, which is a ridiculous situation for the country to be in.
An it is United after all. They have a corporate history that definitely lends itself to this being a reasonable story from them.
Officers proceeded directly to Liebb and his companion, removed them from their seats, and placed them in handcuffs.
Why was the companion placed in handcuffs? There is no indication from any source I’ve seen that explains why.
Accessory to second-degree constipation.
Why was the pilot involved? Shouldn’t be be in the secured cockpit?
The rules are that they can’t take off or land unless everyone is properly seated.
The pooper was forcing the entire plane to remain in the air.
Many years ago I was on a plane that hadn’t taken off yet, and someone was in the bathroom. They couldn’t taxi until the person returned to their seat, and after several announcements, flight attendants wind up having to knock on the door so the person (who I assume at that point was hiding due to embarrassment) would return to their seat. We missed our takeoff window with ground control and had to wait an additional half hour to find another window. All of my flights connecting flights were delayed until it could land, but a severe storm blew through, grounding most of them for about an hour more.
In the world of flying, these sorts of small delays have unintended consequences with system-wide effects.But the pilot featured here was beyond the pale. That was a grotesque and inappropriate response.
I wonder if they were in the air or on the ground. Based on the fact that they were detained after they landed I’m guessing they were in the air. The whole thing sounds very non-ideal. Reading through the discovery material, if the case makes it that far, will be interesting.
the co-pilot probably took over.
I’m not defending the pilot but the plane had reached its destination and needed to land.
They can’t land the plane if someone is in the bathroom.
