Turkish minister berates passengers who hold him responsible for delay
Tensions rose between some passengers of a plane and Turkey's minister of finance on Monday, reportedly when the passengers arrived at the conclusion that the delay of the flight was caused not by "weather conditions" as the pilot announced, but by minister Nureddin Nebati.
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In a video posted in social media, a passenger was heard angrily protesting:
"Is this a bus or what, how can it be waiting for some passengers to arrive? This is a Turkish Airlines flight."
The reactions were apparently perceived by Nebati to be of political nature. Standing up and clapping his hands nervously, he turned towards the passengers and said in a chiding tone:
"AKP won the elections, our president won the elections. Why don't you get over it?"
Some passengers chanted the opposition's popular slogan, "Rights, Law, Justice," according to some reports, but that is not in the video.
Recep Tayyip Erdogan won the presidential election runoff on Sunday, heading for his third term in office.
