US EditionSpanish Airline Denies Anti-Semitism as France Investigates Flight Incident with Jewish Youth
- Around 50 young French Jewish passengers were removed from a Vueling flight V8166 departing Valencia for Paris this week due to alleged disruptive behavior.
- This removal followed reports that minors tampered with emergency equipment and ignored crew instructions, while French authorities requested clarification to assess if religious discrimination occurred.
- Vueling and Spain's Civil Guard stated the decision focused solely on safety, with the captain ordering removal after disruptive actions, while others alleged antisemitism citing a Hebrew song sung by a teenager.
- France's Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot reached out to Vueling’s CEO Carolina Martinoli to express serious concerns about the incident and requested a comprehensive internal investigation, with the results to be shared with both French and Spanish officials.
- The travel association organizing the trip plans to file a complaint alleging physical and psychological violence and discrimination, raising ongoing diplomatic and legal implications.
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The incident, in which a Jewish youth group from France had to leave a Spanish plane, now also employs the government in Paris.
A suspected anti-Semitic incident has strained relations between Paris and Madrid. Vueling head Carolina Martinoli promises a comprehensive internal investigation.
French authorities investigate if Jewish passengers were removed from flight due to religion - Washington Examiner
PARIS (AP) — French authorities are trying to establish whether a group of young French citizens were removed from a plane bound for Paris from Spain this week because they are Jewish. The airline, Vueling, has denied the claims. Several dozen French passengers on Wednesday were kicked off a flight leaving the Spanish city of Valencia for Paris, for what Spanish police and the airline described as unruly behavior. France’s ministry for Europe an…
The scandal over the landing of Jewish teenagers continues: Macron’s government asked the airline for “explanations”
The French Foreign Minister, Jean-Noël Barrot, called the president of the Vueling airline to ask for "explanations" after some fifty French teenagers of Jewish confession were disembarked from a plane when they returned on holiday in Spain.Read more]]>
A Jewish youth group from France is thrown out of an airplane, a carer is handcuffed. Now Paris demands answers from the Spanish airline. However, the pilot's vita also causes indignation.
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