A British tourist who had a turn of bad luck while visiting Iceland last week found himself kicked off his return flight home after donning all his clothing in an attempt to avoid the airline's checked baggage fee.
Ryan Carney Williams says he was removed from a British Airways flight from Keflavik International Airport to England for wearing too many clothes
Williams, who goes by Ryan Hawaii on Twitter, posted a video on the social media site last Wednesday of himself wearing a ridiculous amount of clothes while at the airport. In it, he wonders aloud whether racial profiling might be a factor in not being allowed to board the aircraft.
"C'mon guys, look at this s**t," says Williams in the clip. "They really made me dress like this to go home, and they won't even let me go on [the plane]. British Airways ... despicable. Is it because of what I look like?"
Williams revealed on Twitter that he couldn't afford the $125 baggage fee "as a result of being left homeless in Iceland for over a week."
British Airways reportedly didn't allow Williams to board because he was rude, according to newspaper the Iceland Monitor which spoke with the young man. A security guard was called and police allegedly used pepper spray and arrested him, the Monitor reported.
Source: sun-sentinel.com
