2009年1月3日星期六

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Muslim family booted off U.S. airline gets apology (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Jan 2009 03:55 PM CST

A photograph showing an AirTran plan. Nine Muslims, including three children, were ordered off an AirTran domestic US flight after two other passengers heard them making what they thought were suspicious remarks about security, media said Friday.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Getty Images)Reuters - A Muslim family that was ordered off an AirTran Airways flight on New Year's Day received an apology and refund on Friday from the airline, which said its decision to bar the passengers was necessary.


AirTran apologizes for removing Muslim passengers (AP)

Posted: 02 Jan 2009 05:13 PM CST

A photograph showing an AirTran plan. Nine Muslims, including three children, were ordered off an AirTran domestic US flight after two other passengers heard them making what they thought were suspicious remarks about security, media said Friday.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Getty Images)AP - AirTran Airways apologized Friday to nine Muslims kicked off a New Year's Day flight to Florida after other passengers reported hearing a suspicious remark about airplane security. One of the passengers said the confusion started at Reagan National Airport just outside Washington, D.C., when he talked about the safest place to sit on an airplane.


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