3-year-old who refused to use seatbelt kicked off flight at Seattle airport

SEATTLE - A 3-year-old boy who refused to use his seatbelt was kicked off a flight at an airport in Seattle.

The Alaska Airlines pilot returned to the gate at Sea-Tac Airport on Saturday and asked the boy and his father to get off.

Alaska Airlines says it was a matter of safety and the pilot would rather deal with it on the ground than in mid-flight.

The father, Mark Yancha, told KIRO-FM the crew overreacted.