End of Masks prompts mid-flight cheers

Airline cabins erupted in applause as jubilant pilots informed passengers they were free to remove their face coverings shortly after a Florida federal judge voided the Biden Administration’s mask mandate for planes, trains and buses.

Judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle, an appointee of President Donald Trump, ruled Monday that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention failed to properly explain its decision to impose the mandate or follow proper rule making procedures.

Pilots wasted no time in letting pandemic-weary passengers know via intercoms that they could remove their masks – setting off sky-high celebrations in the cabins, Newsweek reported.

KSAZ-TV reporter Erica Stapleton posted a video on Twitter in which Kool & the Gang’s “Celebration” is heard being played over the loudspeaker.

“When you’re actually on a flight & they tell you the federal mask mandate is lifted for travelers. Lots of cheering from passengers on board,” Stapleton wrote Monday night.

Ben Dietderich, press secretary for Republican Alaska Sen. Dan Sullivan, posted a short clip of passengers applauded a similar announcement from the flight deck.

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