Yet in another flight incident, a Muslim family of five were asked to leave the plane before it took off, quoting safety issues by United Airlines.
Eaman-Amy Saad Shebley, her husband and three young children were were about to take off on a flight for Washington at a Chicago airport when the pilot asked them to leave the aircraft.The family had enquired earlier whether the air stewardess could provide five-point harness safety seats for their children.
“We are tired of Muslim-looking passengers being removed from flights for the flimsiest reasons, under a cryptic claim of ‘security’,” said CAIR-Chicago Executive Director Ahmed Rehab said in a statement. “Security means securing passengers, not harassing and humiliating them and booting them off their flight for, of all things, actually asking for security.”
United Airlines said the family was rebooked “on a later flight because of concerns about their child’s safety seat, which did not comply with federal safety regulations” and said the airline has “zero tolerance for discrimination”
Ms Shebley asked the pilot whether it was a “discriminatory” decision. The pilot replied it was a “flight safety issue” but were not given any details.
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