An American Muslim family was reportedly asked by a United Airlines pilot to leave a plane before take-off because of \u201csafety\u201d concerns.
\nA video taken by Eaman-Amy Saad Shebley, shows her husband and three young children questioning a pilot why they were being removed from the plane.
\nThe family were on a plane bound for Washington at a Chicago airport.
\nEarlier, the family had asked a flight attendant whether they could get five-point harness safety seats for their children, according to the Independent.
\nShame on you unitedAirlines for profiling my family and me for no reason other than how we look and kicking us off the…
\nIn the video, while being asked to get off the plane, Shebley is heard asking whether it was a \u201cdiscriminatory\u201d request. The pilot replied saying it was a \u201cflight safety issue.\u201d
\nThey were not given details beyond this response.
\nOn Facebook, Shebley posted: \u201cShame on you \u202a#\u200eunitedAirlines\u202c for profiling my family and me for no reason other than how we look and kicking us off the plane for “safety flight issues” on our flight to DC for the kids spring break. My three kids are too young to have experienced this.\u201d\u202c
\nUnited Airlines said the family was rebooked \u201con a later flight because of concerns about their child\u2019s safety seat, which did not comply with federal safety regulations\u201d and said the airline has \u201czero tolerance for discrimination,\u201d according to a statement made to BuzzFeed News.
\n\u201cWe are tired of Muslim-looking passengers being removed from flights for the flimsiest reasons, under a cryptic claim of \u2018security,\u2019\u201d the Council on American-Islamic Relations in Chicago said in a statement.
\nLast year, a Muslim traveler aboard a United Airlines flight was denied an unopened can of diet coke and was told “it’s so you don’t use it as a weapon,” just after handing an unopened can to another passenger.<\/p>\n
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