Plane Passenger Changed Seats After They Say Child Threw 2.5-hour Tantrum. The Parents’ Response Was a Shock

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A plane passenger says they requested to change seats after a child with special needs was screaming and kicking their seat for 2.5 hours.

The child allegedly reached through the seats to touch the passenger and knocked their headphones off their head.

While moving seats, the passenger claims that the parents of the child "heckled" them

A plane passenger is wondering if they were insensitive to a child with special needs after they changed seats to be farther away from them.

The passenger, who shared the ordeal on Reddit , recounts that the incident occurred 30 minutes after takeoff on an international flight. The child, who was sitting directly behind the passenger, began to have “an inconsolable meltdown," they write.

He was screaming and forcibly kicking and hitting