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☆ An American Airlines pilot launched a $23.5 million lawsuit, claiming airport staff racially profiled him after he failed to wear a mask
  + stars: | 2023-08-07 | by ( Pete Syme | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +2 min
He says he was racially profiled by security officers at Spokane International Airport. An American Airlines pilot is suing Spokane International Airport in Washington state, as well as three security officers over a 2021 incident which saw him indefinitely suspended without pay. Bahig Saliba filed the lawsuit in a Washington district court on August 1, seeking over $23.5 million in damages. The pilot says that one of the security officers stood "in a threatening posture," and the defendants berated him while not listening to his attempts to explain the exemption. American Airlines and Spokane International Airport did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment, sent outside US working hours.
Persons: Bahig Saliba, Saliba Organizations: Spokane International Airport, Morning, American Airlines, Dallas Fort Worth Airport, Spokane International Locations: Washington
☆ A first-class passenger told crew he would detonate a bomb unless the plane was diverted, later claiming that he thought cartel enforcers were waiting for him, authorities say
  + stars: | 2023-07-07 | by ( Sinéad Baker | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
An FBI affidavit says he handed a flight attendant a note threatening to "kill everyone on board." The flight was diverted from Seattle, where the man told authorities cartel enforcers were waiting. A first-class passenger accused of threatening to "kill everyone" aboard his flight later told authorities he'd wanted the flight diverted because he thought waiting cartel members would torture and kill him, the FBI says. The affidavit quotes the note as saying: "There is a bomb on the plane. Scott was said to have told authorities after his arrest that he had considered other ways to get the flight diverted, including assaulting a flight attendant or opening the cabin door.
Persons: he'd, Brandon L, Scott Organizations: Alaska Airlines, FBI, Brandon, Spokane International Airport, Sinaloa Cartel Locations: Seattle, Atlanta, Spokane, Sinaloa
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