Jimmy Carter shakes plane passengers' hands in delightful gesture that tickled the internet

Former president Jimmy Carter was praised for the touching gesture
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Eleanor Rose12 June 2017

Former US President Jimmy Carter delighted airline passengers as he greeted them on board a flight to Washington.

Dressed in a grey shirt, the 92-year-old ex-president grinned as he walked down the aisle and warmly greeted fellow fliers while delighted passengers raised their cameraphones to capture the heartwarming gesture.

He looked relaxed, chatting as he ambled to his seat.

James Parker Sheffield tweeted footage of the event from the Delta flight from Georgia, Atlanta to Washington, DC.

He wrote: “Jimmy Carter is on my plane to DC from ATL and just shook every hand of every passenger. #swoon #atl #delta.”

He later tweeted to recommend that fans donate to the former president's Carter Center, a pro-democracy NGO that works to promote human rights and treat diseases.

Social media users responded with delight, sharing the video more than 13,000 times on Twitter.

“Jimmy has always been a shining example of how a President should behave in public,” wrote one user.

“One of the most proactively nice people on the planet,” agreed added.

Some suggested that Mr Carter’s show of good manners compared favourably with those of current president Donald Trump.

“If there's one thing today has made me certain of, it's that Americans are really missing warmth and humility in the Oval Office,” one Carter fan tweeted.

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