American Airlines kicked a woman off a flight after she brought her $30,000 cello onboard even though she bought a seat for it (AAL)

  
 American Airlines kicked a musician off a flight from Miami to Chicago because they said her cello did not meet seat size requirements for the plane.
    The Chicago-based musician had already purchased a ticket for the cello after being told by American Airlines she could fly with it, the passenger claims.
    American Airlines released a statement, blaming the incident on a "miscommunication."

American Airlines kicked a musician and her $30,000 cello off a Miami to Chicago flight after she had already purchased a seat for the instrument.

The incident occurred Thursday, August 2, on American Airlines flight 2457 from Miami to Chicago.

Jingjing Hu, a DePaul University music student, had flown to Miami from Chicago for a music festival. According to a Facebook post by her husband, Jay Tang, Hu had been previously assured that their cello would be allowed to fly on an American Airlines plane on both her departing and returning flight.

In an interview with NBC5 Chicago, Hu said, "We always buy a extra ticket for our cello so that we can carry our cello on the plane," and said that the cello is worth $30,000. 

Nothing appeared to be problematic on Hu's first leg of the trip.