Arab-American Family Escorted Off United Airlines Flight
United Airlines says a Chicago family was escorted off a Washington D.C. bound flight because their child safety violated “federal safety regulations”—the family says it is because they are Arab-American.
The United Airlines terminal at Newark Liberty Airport on July 8, 2015 in Newark, New Jersey. Spencer Platt/GettyImages
A Chicago family was escorted off a Washington D.C. bound flight, United Airlines says, because their child safety violated “federal safety regulations”—the family says it is because they are Arab-American.
We're going to ask that you step off the aircraft.
