WATCH: Adam Saleh Vs Delta - What really happened

Arab-American Youtubers speak out about being taken off flight for speaking in Arabic

After the incident that cost YouTube star Adam Saleh and Slim Al Baher's flight to New York to be rebooked at a later time, the two vloggers have spoken out about what transpired with videos in their respective YouTube channels.
In the two videos, the vloggers both released footage of what happened inside the plane with Al Baher's footage even chronicling the conversation with the plane's captain and their eventual removal from the flight.
Footage of a couple of minutes when they can be seen sitting inside the airport premises are also published.
Al Baher took the blame for the incident on his video saying that his friend Adam only came to his defence when they were called out by a fellow passenger, saying that she was "uncomfortable" with the vloggers speaking in Arabic and asked them harshly to revert to English.
The passenger's remarks sparked a debate inside the plane with a fellow passenger who claims to speak Urdu standing up for both Saleh and Al Baher. A man came to the defense of the lady who called out the vloggers which caused other passengers to call for their removal from the flight - merely for speaking to each other in Arabic.
Saleh can be clearly seen traumatised, and in the video, he says that he "felt like a criminal" with passengers staring down at him.
At this point Saleh, brought out his camera and filmed the incident; this is the footage that was released on social media earlier.
Both Arab vloggers are now pushing the hashtag #BoycottDelta on social media because of their handling of the situation. They also made it a point on their videos that what happened was real and authentic because apart from support they are also receiving flak stating that the incident was a prank and thus was fabricated.
Delta, the airline where Saleh and Al Baher were 'removed' also conducted their own investigation. They released a statement which touches on the issue; you read it below.

"Upon landing the crew was debriefed and multiple passenger statements collected. Based on the information collected to date, it appears the customers who were removed sought to disrupt the cabin with provocative behavior, including shouting. This type of conduct is not welcome on any Delta flight. While one, according to media reports, is a known prankster who was video recorded and encouraged by his traveling companion, what is paramount to Delta is the safety and comfort of our passengers and employees. It is clear these individuals sought to violate that priority."

Social media has been conflicted with the authenticity of the footage with some users taking to Twitter to cross-reference with other passengers the veracity of Saleh and Al Baher's claim. Support also flowed for the vloggers calling for equality between races. Here are some of the tweets from both sides of the story.

#boycottdelta
Here's someone explaining what actually happened on that plane, they also added a picture of their ticket as proof. pic.twitter.com/bg1HzoQ940
- ?????? (@orbwalkern) December 22, 2016

 

Look RT Nomysahir: This isn't the first time, Delta is doing this from a long time... #boycottdelta pic.twitter.com/GtHh4yJhpJ
- Shajan Khan (@ShajanKhan14) December 22, 2016

 

Say one word in Arabic and they take you off #BoycottDelta
- Mohammad Tahir (@m_tahir21) December 22, 2016

 

Such a bad time to be Muslim these days. The #BoycottDelta incident was probably genuine, but @omgAdamSaleh ruins any legitimacy
- Josh (@edekss) December 22, 2016

 

You can watch both Adam and Slim's statements below.