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General Category => World News => Topic started by: TomSea on March 31, 2018, 04:50:09 pm

Title: Russian airline sent American passengers to India instead of New York because of their skin color, c
Post by: TomSea on March 31, 2018, 04:50:09 pm

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Russian airline sent American passengers to India instead of New York because of their skin color, complaint alleges

A Russian airline forced five Indian-American passengers to fly to Delhi, India instead of their original destination of New York because of their skin color, a racial discrimination complaint claims.

Aeroflot staff reportedly threatened the group of U.S. citizens, who were connecting in Moscow, saying that they would be “deported” to India if they did not board the flight back to Delhi, The Independent reported.

The alleged incident took place on Jan. 7.

Read more at: http://www.foxnews.com/travel/2018/03/29/russian-airline-sent-american-passengers-to-india-instead-new-york-because-their-skin-color-complaint-alleges.html (http://www.foxnews.com/travel/2018/03/29/russian-airline-sent-american-passengers-to-india-instead-new-york-because-their-skin-color-complaint-alleges.html)