Friday
Jan022009
Holiday Story of the Day: Muslim Family Looks for Safe Seats, Gets Booted Off Flight
Friday, January 2, 2009 at 11:36
Follow-Up: Nine Muslim Passengers Booted from AirTran Flight
Follow-up: Flashback in the War on Terror --- The Muslims at Shoney's Big Boy Restaurant
From CNN:
A Muslim family removed from an airliner Thursday after passengers became concerned about their conversation say AirTran officials refused to rebook them, even after FBI investigators cleared them of wrongdoing.
Atif Irfan said federal authorities removed eight members of his extended family and a friend after passengers heard them discussing the safest place to sit and misconstrued the nature of the conversation.
Irfan, a U.S. citizen and tax attorney, said he was "impressed with the professionalism" of the FBI agents who questioned him, but said he felt mistreated when the airline refused to book the family for a later flight.
Follow-up: Flashback in the War on Terror --- The Muslims at Shoney's Big Boy Restaurant
From CNN:
A Muslim family removed from an airliner Thursday after passengers became concerned about their conversation say AirTran officials refused to rebook them, even after FBI investigators cleared them of wrongdoing.
Atif Irfan said federal authorities removed eight members of his extended family and a friend after passengers heard them discussing the safest place to sit and misconstrued the nature of the conversation.
Irfan, a U.S. citizen and tax attorney, said he was "impressed with the professionalism" of the FBI agents who questioned him, but said he felt mistreated when the airline refused to book the family for a later flight.
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AirTran, Atif Irfan, CNN, FBI in War On Terror