[justlurking]

Mom should have anticipated that her daughter would get hungry vas packed snacks.

She did. The problem was it wasn't hot, and her daughter wouldn't eat them.

Here's another article with even more information: http://abcnews.go.com/US/woman-claims-daughter-autism-kicked-off-united-airlines/story?id=30926832

Don't get me wrong: I'm not defending the mother. According to the article I linked above, she KNEW her daughter wouldn't eat room-temperature food. She could have easily coordinated the requirement with the airline, rather than waiting until the problem occurred. Airlines don't carry extra hot meals -- someone in first class had to give up theirs.

But, the mother escalated the situation by threatening that her daughter may get violent. Under those circumstances, the captain had no choice but to land the plane. If the child HAD become violent and someone was injured, the captain would have been held responsible.

[alphadoggie]

After having read the ABC article, I’m more with the Mom. She told them when getting on the plane about an unexpected issue, the flight attendant agreed to heat up a sandwich, then didn’t. Just freaking go to the microwave and heat up the sandwich and this issue never happens.

[Irish Eyes]

Thanks for the link