This is the shocking moment a YouTube prankster was allegedly 'kicked off' a Delta flight at London Heathrow for speaking Arabic.
Adam Saleh, 23, who has 1.6 million followers on the video site, was escorted off the flight to New York after an American female passenger heard him talking in another language and 'felt uncomfortable'.
The rapper and internet celebrity, who filmed the entire incident, was furious, later tweeting: We got kicked out of a @Delta airplane because I spoke Arabic to my mom on the phone and with my friend slim... WTFFFFFFFF please spread.'
Despite the dramatic video, many have questioned the authenticity of the online prankster's claims.
The New York internet star shot to fame through his prank channel, but has been forced to reveal that some of his biggest 'pranks' were actually staged.
Saleh was even forced to make a grovelling apology over his most infamous hoax - the anti-police 'Racial Profiling Experiment' video - that claimed US officers had abused him over his religion.
And just last week, he filmed a fake video of himself, supposedly flying to Sydney inside a suitcase. The footage was later debunked by Melbourne Airport.
However, his manager insisted to BuzzFeed News that the latest video was 'as real as it gets.'
During the footage, which has been seen more than 150,000 times since it was posted on Twitter, Saleh confronted the passengers who have made a complaint against him.
'I spoke a word and you said you feel uncomfortable. Why are you guys doing that?' he yelled at the men behind him.
'Just because I spoke a different language. We spoke a different language on the plane and now we're getting kicked out. This is 2016.
'Delta Airlines are kicking us out because we spoke a different language.
'You guys are racist.'
In another video, filmed in the airport, Saleh says the incident 'made me feel like I was a terrorist'.
'Everyone was like, 'Kick him out!' All these racist people, I felt uncomfortable,' he said.
Saleh and his friend were marched off the flight and interviewed by police at the airport after the incident. However, neither were charged and they were both re-booked on another Delta flight home to New York City.
Saleh's spokesperson, based in London, told Buzzfeed that the whole thing began after an American passenger heard him speaking to his mother before take-off.
'He always speaks to his mum to get her blessings. As he was speaking, an American lady said she felt uncomfortable,' Saleh's spokesperson said.
'He's upset with the fact it's happened to him. He's in tears. We dress like them, we think we are like them. It's just a different skin color.'
Saleh has since been rebooked on another flight and is en-route to New York.
He tweeted his thanks for his fans support, writing: 'I appreciate every single one of you!!!' and also warned that he would be speaking to his lawyers about the incident when he landed.
Delta Airlines confirmed that two passengers were removed from the flight 'after a disturbance in the cabin resulted in more than 20 customers expressing their discomfort.
'We're conducting a full review to understand what transpired,' a spokesman said.
'We are taking allegations of discrimination very seriously; our culture requires treating others with respect.'
Saleh shot to fame on YouTube in 2012 as internet prankster.
But he has been forced to admit that some of his most famous pranks were actually faked.
His most notorious hoax, the anti-police 'Racial Profiling Experiment', which was viewed more than 200,000 times, was so controversial it hit headlines worldwide.
In the video, Saleh and a friend arguing in front of a cop while dressed in Western clothes. The cop just ignores them.
Then the pair return in Islamic-style clothing and begin once more to argue in front of an uniformed police officer.
This time they are shouted at, pinned against a wall and frisked.
Saleh later admitted that the whole incident was staged, with an actor dressed as a policeman.
It caused fury among Muslim groups in the US who decried it as a 'cheap publicity' stunt by Saleh and warned that it would lead to genuine harassment being dismissed in future.
Last week, Saleh made headlines after he claimed he'd squeezed into a tiny suitcase and illegally flew in the baggage hold from Melbourne to Sydney.
Video, posted on his channel, showed Saleh's friends zipping him into a suitcase, wheeling him to the automated check-in area and paying the overweight fee, before the case disappears down the conveyor belt.
He can be heard saying: 'I am so scared, I don't know if I'm going to survive'.
Melbourne Airport has since, thoroughly debunked the stunt as hoax, saying surveillance footage proves that Saleh boarded the flight normally.
Upon arrival in Sydney, Saleh climbed back into the suitcase, which his friends placed him on the luggage carousel before they filmed him climbing out of the bag, claiming he'd been there all along.
'While this video is clearly a publicity stunt, it promotes behaviors that are dangerous and life threatening,' Melbourne Airport told news.com.au.
Saleh has not commented on the airport's statement.
By Hannah Parry
