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On 21 December 2016, Twitter user Adam Saleh sent a video tweet during his removal from a Delta flight, a removal that he claimed was based solely on his speaking Arabic on the plane: Saleh appended a video of the incident as he was escorted off the flight and a fellow passenger objected to the situation (while others approved or appeared neutral). Saleh continued tweeting his experiences with Delta on the morning of 21 December 2016 and asked other Twitter users for their assistance in reaching Delta and helping him return to his destination (New York): The company sent a series of tweets to multiple users about Saleh's claims: In their responses Delta asserted that more than 20 ... customers [expressed discomfort] but didn't explain why the passengers were uncomfortable, remarks that didn't go too far in discrediting the tweet's claim. (It's possible the incident was merely one of an unruly passenger's being removed from a crowded flight and was unrelated to anyone's speaking Arabic.) Saleh's last tweet in the series indicated he managed to board a flight with a different carrier and expected to arrive in New York City later that day. At 12:15 on 21 December 2016, Delta issued a statement about the dispute: Mediaite noted that Saleh has a history of making videos about fake anti-Muslim racial profiling incidents and prank videos about planes in particular, and former CNN host Soledad O’Brien tweeted that a source had told her the crew was aware Saleh was a YouTube prankster: Delta later confirmed that aspect, posting a statement declaring that Saleh was removed from the flight he is a known prankster who sought to disrupt the cabin with provocative behavior:
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