NEW YORK: United Airlines apologised to a Muslim chaplain who said she was refused an unopened can of soda on an associated U.S. domestic flight by an attendant who said it could be used as a weapon.
According to reports, The airline launched an investigation after Northwestern University associate chaplain Tahera Ahmad complained about the incident last week.
She was aboard a flight from Chicago to Washington that was operated by Shuttle America for United.
In a Facebook post she [Ahmed] said, the flight attendant had discriminated against her when the attendant refused her request for an unopened can of Diet Coke, saying it could be used as a weapon, yet gave the man sitting next to her an unopened can of beer.
When she complained, Ahmad said, other passengers on the flight directed anti-Islamic comments at her.
Bob Birge, a spokesman for Republic Airways Holdings, which operated the Shuttle America flight on behalf of United, has said the airline’s beverage policy does not prohibit serving unopened cans to passengers.
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