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Antsy toddler kicked off plane at Sea-Tac

Associated Press
SEATAC, Wash. — A 3-year-old boy who wouldn’t use his seatbelt never got off the ground on an Alaska Airlines flight at Sea-Tac Airport. The pilot returned to the gate Saturday and asked the father and the boy to get off. The father, Mark Yanchak of Everett, told KIRO-FM the crew overreacted. Alaska Airlines says it was a matter of safety and the pilot would rather deal with it on the ground than in mid-flight.