Sikh Man, 3 Muslims Sue American Airlines For Rs 61.23 Crores After Pilot Forces Them To Deboard Over Their Appearance
A US based Sikh man along with his three Muslim friends have filed a $9 million (Rs 61.23 crore) federal law suit against American Airlines after they claim they were kicked off an American Airlines flight because their appearance made the captain uneasy.
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The incident happened last month, when Shan Anand, a Sikh, and Faimul Alam, were on their way from Toronto to New York along with two friends, a Bangladeshi Muslim and an Arab Muslim, when they were ejected from the flight 44718.
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The Bangladeshi Muslim and Arab Muslim were identified only by their initials W.H. and M.K. Anand and Alam switched seats with strangers after boarding, so they could sit next to W.H. and M.K.
Several minutes later, a white woman flight attendant asked W.H. to get off the plane, according to the lawsuit, which was filed yesterday in Brooklyn Federal Court.
When they asked the flight crew why they were being removed, the flight attendant told them to exit "peacefully" and "demanded" they return to the gate and await further directions, the lawsuit said.
It was only after the plane took off that an airline agent told the men "they could not board because the crew members, and specifically the captain, felt uneasy and uncomfortable with their presence on the flight and as such, refused to fly unless they were removed from the flight.
In the lawsuit filed by them in Brooklyn Federal Court, on Monday, they said that they ¡°incurred great emotional and psychological harm from the discrimination and mistreatment.¡±
They demand an apology from the Airline and $9 million damages.
