Woman tweets about pilot’s sobriety, gets grounded

MANCHESTER, N.H. – A New Hampshire woman was removed from a JetBlue flight after tweeting about a pilot’s sobriety testing.

Lisa Carter-Knight, of Exeter, was waiting to board a plane in Philadelphia on Tuesday. JetBlue says it was delayed when the pilot believed another passenger accused him of being intoxicated. JetBlue said as a precaution, a sobriety test was conducted; the pilot was cleared.

Carter-Knight made posts to Twitter about the pilot accusing passengers of questioning his sobriety and took photos from the terminal. The flight eventually left four hours behind schedule, but Carter-Knight was denied boarding.

WMUR-TV reports JetBlue said if it feels a customer isn’t complying with safety instructions, exhibits objectionable behavior or causes conflict, the customer will be asked to leave. Carter-Knight got a refund.

This story was originally published October 9, 2014 at 8:26 AM with the headline "Woman tweets about pilot’s sobriety, gets grounded."