Delta fined US$50,000 for booting off 3 Muslim passengers

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Delta Air Lines is being fined $50,000 for ordering three Muslim passengers off planes even after the airline's own security officials cleared them to travel.

Delta denied that it discriminated against the passengers in two separate incidents but agreed it could have handled the situations differently, according to a consent order released Friday by the U.S. Transportation Department.

In one of the cases, in July 2016 in Paris, a passenger told a flight attendant that a couple made her nervous. The woman was wearing a head scarf, and -- the other passenger claimed -- the man inserted something in his phone. The flight attendant said she walked by and saw the man writing "Allah" several times while texting on his phone.

The Transportation Department said it appears that the couple would have been allowed to fly but for their "perceived religion."

 

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I think allah did create the Universe, because it’s started with a Big Bang! 💥

I just saw another story about Delta earlier this week...they have not been treating their passengers well as of late...

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