This is one passenger who doesn't have "the voice".

An American Airlines flight from Los Angeles to New York was forced to make an emergency stop at Kansas City International Airport to offload an "unruly" passenger.

The woman had been belting out Whitney Houston songs, but failed to wow those on board with the painful renditions, KCTV reported.

Even being handcuffed couldn't stop her, with footage showing the woman continuing to sign I Will Always Love You, the hit from the movie The Bodyguard which became one of the best-selling songs of all time (and was originally a Dolly Parton classic), as she was marched down the aisle of the plane by police.

Footage taken by a fellow passenger shows just how underwhelming the performance was, with the man claiming she had been screaming and singing for an hour.

"The woman was being disruptive and was removed from the plane for interfering with the flight crew," airport spokesman Joe McBride said.

"There was a federal air marshal on the aircraft, who subdued the woman and put her in cuffs and removed her from the plane."

The woman claimed she had behaved disruptively because she's a diabetic and was released without being charged, but American Airlines reportedly refused to fly her on to her destination.

American Airlines has been contacted for further comment.