A Florida evangelist was removed from an Alaska Airlines flight in San Diego after standing in the aisle and delivering an impromptu sermon to passengers trapped aboard a delayed plane.
Whitney Lynn, 40, was waiting for the flight to depart for Orlando on Thursday when she decided to address her fellow travelers about God, salvation and “safety.”
Lynn says she believes preaching to airline passengers is a biblical calling—and she openly admits that airplanes give her an audience with little opportunity to walk away.
“They have no choice but to hear the truth,” Lynn told The Washington Post.
The evangelist said she preaches on most flights she takes and routinely records the sermons, along with any confrontations that follow, for her social media pages.
“I just love a captive audience,” she wrote in the caption of one recent post.
But airline employees apparently did not share her enthusiasm.
Flight crew members became concerned during Thursday’s sermon and ordered Lynn off the aircraft. Video showed a flight attendant escorting her down the aisle and back into the San Diego airport as frustrated passengers watched.
Lynn appeared furious over the removal and suggested the confrontation was not simply about airline rules.
“I’m telling you, demons are real,” she wrote in a social media post. “This guy literally tried to shut the door on me.”
As she was led away, Lynn warned the airline employee: “God have mercy on your soul. Hell is real, my friend.”
In another clip, she described the incident as “spiritual warfare,” portraying her removal as part of a larger battle against her Christian message.
Videos of the confrontation quickly exploded online, drawing millions of views and a flood of reactions.
Some viewers defended Lynn’s right to speak openly about her faith, while others accused her of disrupting the flight and forcing her religious beliefs on passengers who had nowhere else to go.
The incident has once again ignited a heated debate over religious expression in public spaces—and whether airlines should silence passengers who speak about their faith or step in when preaching begins to disrupt a flight.
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Of course. the confrontation is what she was after. The ability to show religion is being victamized, when in fact everyone on that plain were being made victims.
lol he was trying to share the Lord. You should not have stopped him!Sent from my iPhoneOn Aug 1, 2026,