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Video footage shows a plane passenger in Nigeria forcibly removed from his flight on Sept. 1

According to authorities, the man was removed because he refused to turn off his cell phone

The incident comes less than a month after Nigerian aviation officials announced a unified ban on cell phone use during takeoff and landing

A passenger was forcibly removed from an airplane after he allegedly refused to turn off his phone , according to officials.

The incident occurred on Monday, Sept. 1, on an Enugu Air flight — a Nigerian state-owned commercial airline. The flight was scheduled to depart from the state of Enugu for the Nigerian capital, Lagos.

In the video, Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) officials try to convince the male passenger to exit the airplane o

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