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US Airline Apologizes for Pilgrims' treatment |
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Sunday, 04 February 2007 |
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Northwest Airlines apologized on January 17, for 40 Muslim pilgrims after barring them from boarding one of its flights and in a meeting on January 19, resolved all issues.
Dean Breest, Northwest manager of media relations, said the fifth-largest US airliner has agreed to repay the rebooking charges.
The forty Muslim pilgrims were barred from boarding a Northwest flight from Germany to their hometown Detroit on January 7. They were left stranded at the airport struggling to find another flight back home.
The airliner claimed the pilgrims failed to check in one hour before their flight from Frankfurt to Detroit was scheduled to depart.
But the Muslim group refuted the claim, saying they were unfairly treated because of their religion and background.
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Last Updated ( Sunday, 08 November 2009 )
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