American Airlines Tells Musician Traveling With Cello to Leave Plane

American Airlines Tells Musician Traveling With Cello to Leave Plane
An American Airlines flight takes off from Miami International Airport on March 28, 2017. Daniel Slim/AFP/Getty Images
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A husband is upset with American Airlines after his wife, a music student, was allegedly removed from an American Airlines flight because of her cello.

Jay Tang posted his experience of the ordeal on Facebook, along with his communications with the airline. According to the post, music student Jingjing Hu was asked to leave an American Airlines flight traveling from Miami to Chicago with her cello. Tang wrote he purchased a ticket for the cello, so it could remain in the passenger compartment of the plane, over the phone ahead of time. He also wrote that Hu had no issue on the way down to Miami.
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