Kima Hamilton, 39, was on a flight from Atlanta to Milwaukee on April 18 when the pilot turned the plane around and removed the passenger.
The DJ and poet had used the toilet after initially being refused permission by stewards; the plane had been sat stationary on the tarmac for over 30 minutes when the incident occurred,
Mr Hamilton said: “We weren’t taking off. We were still. The plane isn’t moving.”
After being refused access to the toilet initially, Mr Hamilton returned to his seat.
But the delay continued so decided he couldn’t wait and made his way to the bathroom.
He told the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel: “The pilot came on and said, ‘Ladies and gentlemen, I’m sorry for the inconvenience but we have to return to the gate and remove a passenger.'”
Mr Hamilton said the situation “escalated fast” and two members of Delta staff came on board and asked him to get off the plane.
When he refused staff asked all the passengers to disembark from plane and Mr Hamilton was interviewed by police and Delta personnel in the airport.
A passenger sitting near Mr Hamilton on the plane said the treatment the DJ received was “outrageous”.
Krista Rosolino said on Facebook: “Delta, on Tuesday, 4/18/17, you removed a passenger from the flight for using the restroom during the 30+ minutes that we were waiting on the tarmac.
“This was unnecessary and caused a 2+ hour delay, along with stranding the customer in Atlanta. I cannot believe you can treat a paying passenger in this way.”
Express.co.uk contacted Delta regarding this story; it’s believed Mr Hamilton avoided arrest and Delta refunded part of his ticket.
The news comes after a British Airways passenger, 87, had to sit in wet clothes for 13 hours after being refused use of the toilet during a delayed take-off.
Shortly after boarding her flight from Los Angeles to London Heathrow, Kocharik Tsamouzian learnt there was a 90 minute delay on take off and asked if she could use the toilet.
But she said a BA hostess repeatedly stopped her from going and even went as far as to block her in the middle of the aisle.
A spokesman for the airline has said in a statement: “Our highly trained cabin crew always work to make our customers as comfortable as possible, but Civil Aviation Authority safety rules stipulate everyone must remain seated with their seatbelts on after the aircraft has started moving.”
