American Airlines Accused of Racial Discrimination for Removing Black Men From Flight

The removed passengers say they were unfairly targeted and humiliated in a body odor complaint.

An American Airlines jet photographed at LaGuardia Airport in New York City on Feb. 4, 2024. Bruce Bennett/Getty Images

American Airlines was hit by a racial discrimination lawsuit by black passengers who had been removed from a flight following a body odor complaint.

The lawsuit was brought by three of the eight passengers who were forced to disembark a Jan. 5 American Airlines flight from Phoenix to New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport “without any valid reason, and solely based on their race.”