6 Arabic Speaking Men Sue American Airlines
Six men who were on their way home after completing a Marines training exercise on Iraqi culture for the U.S. military at Camp Pendleton say that they were detained and humiliated by employees of American Airlines.
The men, who are of Iraqi descent, have sued American Airlines in the U.S. District Court in Detroit, Michigan, alleging racial discrimination.
In the lawsuit, the men claim that their flight from San Diego to Chicago on August 28 was grounded and they were detained as possible security risks after another passenger on the flight voiced concerns about them.
Some of the men are U.S. citizens, but after a woman on the plane heard them speaking Arabic she alerted the airline that she was suspicious of them.
After the flight was grounded, the men were detained and they say they were treated like terrorists.
The men took a flight to Chicago on American Airlines the next day without incident.
November 5th, 2007 at 5:33 am
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