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| Assyrian Christians sue for being kicked off airliner |
| 2001-10-04 |
Three men are suing United Airlines for allegedly being kicked off a Phoenix-to-Chicago flight, four days after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, because a passenger erroneously believed they were Arabs and posed a danger--even after the men were cleared by the FBI and security. Younadam Youkhana, 52, and his son, Ninos, 20, who are in the parking lot business in Chicago and who are American citizens, were on the flight along with two Iraqi friends, one of whom is also a plaintiff in the suit. The men are not Muslims but Assyrian Christians who are involved in fund-raising for a group in Iraq that opposes Saddam Hussein, said their attorney Terence J. Moran. All four men were asked to leave the 2:40 p.m. United Flight 722 on Sept. 25 after a female passenger apparently became worried, solely based on her wrong perception that they were Arabs, Moran said. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |