Home » Delta Air Lines » Delta First Class Passenger Refuses To Hang Up Phone, Forces Flight Back To Gate A Delta Air Lines passenger managed to delay an entire flight from Miami to Atlanta after refusing crew instructions to end a phone call before takeoff, forcing the aircraft back to the gate and eventually prompting every passenger to deplane. Entitled Delta First Class Passenger Thinks Cell Phones Rules Don’t Apply To Her, Learns The Hard Way The incident occurred Monday onboard Delta Flight 1323 from Miami (MIA) to Atlanta (ATL). According to Delta, crew members repeatedly instructed the first class passenger in seat 1B to hang up while the aircraft was taxiing. The passenger refused, became disruptive, and the aircraft returned to the gate, where the passenger, identified of Shannon Marie Harris of Georgia, was removed. The flight ultimately departed about an hour late. Video from onboard shows frustrated passengers reaching the end of their patience.…