• Friday, April 26, 2024

News

Indian family thrown off British Airways flight over ‘crying child’

By: Keerthi Mohan

The British Airways deplaned a senior Indian bureaucrat and his family last month minutes before take-off because his three-year-old son was crying onboard. The official was travelling to Berlin from London on July 23 when he experienced what he described as “racial discrimination” and “rude behaviour” by the British Airways. In a letter to civil aviation minister Suresh Prabhu on August (3), the senior bureaucrat said another Indian family sitting behind them was also deplaned for allegedly offering biscuits to the child in an attempt to console him. “We had to make our own arrangements for staying and travelling to…

You do not have access to this content. You need to subscribe.

Related Stories

Videos

Mrunal Thakur on Dhamaka, experience of working with Kartik Aaryan,…
Nushrratt Bharuccha on Chhorii, pressure of comparison with Lapachhapi, upcoming…
Abhimanyu Dassani on Meenakshi Sundareshwar, how his mom Bhagyashree reacted…