The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) has fined German airline Lufthansa $4 million for blocking hundreds of Jewish passengers from connecting, according to a Department of Transportation (DOT) press release on Tuesday. About.
Lufthansa has barred 128 Jewish passengers from boarding a connecting flight following allegations of misconduct by some passengers, most of whom wore “unique attire typically worn by Orthodox Jewish men.” He is said to have been wearing a press release said. However, many of the passengers were not traveling together and did not know each other, leading the Department of Transport to issue fines. The fine is the largest ever imposed by the department against an airline for civil rights violations. (Related: ‘Heartbreaking’: Report shows elite university faculty refused to intervene to protect Jewish students from anti-Semitism)
“Most of the passengers interviewed were [the Office of Aviation Consumer Protection] Lufthansa said it treated them all as one group and denied them boarding. [the flight] “Accusing all of the obvious wrongdoings of a few, because they were openly Jewish,” the DOT said. consent order Listed Lufthansa’s violations.
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The incident occurred in May 2022 as the passengers were traveling from New York City to Budapest, Hungary via Frankfurt, Germany, to attend a memorial event for Orthodox rabbi The Wall Street Journal. . reported. The DOT received 40 discrimination complaints, ultimately finding that Lufthansa flight attendants “knew that refusing transportation for an entire group could result in the removal of passengers who followed crew instructions…but “We have concluded that it is not realistic to respond to each passenger individually.”
“No one should face discrimination while traveling,” Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said in a statement. “Today’s action requires the airline industry to investigate and take action every time a passenger’s civil rights are violated. “It sends a clear message that we are prepared to make a difference.”
Lufthansa and the Ministry of Transport did not respond to requests for comment.
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