Overview
- Delta flight 1323, which taxied out of Miami on April 27, returned to the gate after passenger Shannon Marie Harris ignored repeated orders to end a phone call.
- Flight attendants, a Delta supervisor, and a Miami-Dade deputy each asked her to comply, and the captain then directed the full deplaning of the aircraft.
- Harris was arrested at the gate on a misdemeanor trespass charge, released on a $500 bond, and is due in court on May 15.
- Passenger video shows frustration spilling over with chants of “get off the plane” and pleas to consider missed connections, and the flight departed about an hour late.
- Delta said safety comes first under a zero‑tolerance policy for disruptive behavior, and federal rules allow civil fines for interfering with crew instructions of up to $13,910.