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A WOMAN was forced to wear a pilot's T-shirt after being removed from a flight because her boobs were "lewd, obscene, and offensive."

When boarding a Southwest Airlines flight on Tuesday, Kayla Eubanks said she was held at the gate due to her clothing.

Kayla Eubanks was unable to board a Southwest flight due to her outfit
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Kayla Eubanks was unable to board a Southwest flight due to her outfitCredit: Twitter

Eubanks documented the incident through a series of tweets that included video conversations with airline employees and photos of the clothing in question.

"I really wanna know why @SouthwestAir is policing my clothes like this," Eubanks first .

"How will my shirt impact my flight, for myself, the other passengers or even the pilot? Y’all have a dress code for CUSTOMERS who pay to get on a plane? It’s the constant policing of women’s bodies for me."

In one of the videos, Eubanks is heard having a conversation with a Southwest employee asking to see the dress code policy that said she could not board.

A Southwest employee told Eubanks she could not board due to a policy
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A Southwest employee told Eubanks she could not board due to a policy Credit: Twitter

Eubanks is saying she waited 20 minutes to see the policy.

"If it's there, why can't y'all find it?" Eubanks asked the employee. "If it's there, why don't y'all know it?"

Towards the end of the video, the woman Eubanks is addressing appears to tell another employee to "close the plane in three minutes" before asking Eubanks if she would cover up after she was unable to find the policy.

"I kid y’all not, from the moment I stepped into my departing airport, to the duration of the flight and even after I landed, I was harassed," Eubanks on Tuesday.

"Not by passengers, but by Southwest employees. Half of the employees were complimenting me & the other half was asking where my shirt was."

Eubanks documented the incident via Twitter
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Eubanks documented the incident via TwitterCredit: Twitter

shows the employee featured in the first video bringing over the captain of the flight.

"They're hating on you because you're looking good, is that right?" The captain says to Eubanks.

He further asks the woman if the policy says she has to cover up, whether she would be willing to cover up.

Eubanks told the captain that she would want to see the policy first.

Eubanks claims she waited to see the policy for over 20 minutes after she was told she could not board
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Eubanks claims she waited to see the policy for over 20 minutes after she was told she could not boardCredit: Twitter

In order for Eubanks to board the plane, the captain loaned Eubanks a T-shirt.

"I eventually took it off..." Eubanks . "Only to be told that I would have to speak with a supervisor upon landing."

When speaking with a supervisor upon landing, Eubanks was told the top "revealed quite a bit" and once again could be considered lewd, obscene, and offensive.

She proceeded to ask the employees who would find her boobs offensive, to which they replied: "Maybe others on the aircraft."

, Eubanks recorded one of the Southwest employees requesting her ID. In the video's caption she wrote that she "obviously refused."

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Throughout the videos and tweets posted, Eubanks claimed the airline was policing her.

Southwest Airlines did not immediately respond to The Sun's request for comment.

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