Passengers on a flight from London prevented an airline from unfairly removing two Black passengers from the plane on Thursday, according to Business Insider.   

Police were called to the EasyJet flight from London’s Gatwick Airport to Malaga, Spain, to remove two Black men who were reportedly “huffing at a member of the crew” when asked to put their shoes back on before departure.   

The plane was forced to turn around because of the argument between the men and the flight crew, Insider reported.   

Luke Gayle, a passenger on the plane, posted a video of the incident on Twitter of other passengers telling the men not to get off the plane. The two men were allowed to stay on the flight while the flight crew was changed.   

@easyJet attempting to remove 2 black boys from the flight for huffing at a member of the crew ! Absolutely disgusting. We’ve been delayed 2 hours and counting! Police on board @Gatwick_Airport #gatwick #lgw @SurreyPolice @TheSun #Easyjet pic.twitter.com/hkC3Aa4rb4

— LG (@LPGLDN) August 5, 2021

“I am a racial justice ambassador and I kind of know how unconscious racial bias works. Obviously, it’s very difficult in these situations to say it was a racial issue, it’s difficult to prove that, however, was there some kind of unconscious bias there?” Gayle told The Daily Mail.   

“Because it seems so dramatic to call the police and have a plane with 160-odd passengers turn around and be delayed for someone huffing at them. I mean, surely as cabin crew, you are trained on how to deal with those situations effectively.”   

A spokesperson for EasyJet told the Daily Mail that there was nothing to suggest that the cabin crew were discriminating against the men. “The primary responsibility of our crew is for the safety of everyone on board.”