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Wed Apr-06-11 03:03 PM
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Horizon Air sorry for kicking tall man off flight - he's 6ft. 9inch

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Horizon Air sorry for kicking tall man off flight

Carrier said it should have asked passengers in exit or bulkhead row to give up seat

How tall is a 6-foot, 9-inch man? Too tall to sit in a coach-class seat on Horizon Air, apparently.

On a mid-March flight between Portland, Ore., and Ontario, Calif., flight attendants removed a 6-foot, 9-inch-tall gentleman from a plane because his legs were blocking the aisle.

To complain, the man's daughter contacted The Consumerist blog.

The airline soon apologized to the passenger. A spokesperson said:
http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/42455929/ns/today-todaytravel/

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