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The Associated Press
MADRID, Spain — A Spanish university professor with a long beard and dark complexion said Thursday he was briefly forced off an airliner during a layover on the Spanish island of Mallorca by passengers who feared he was an Islamic terrorist.
Pablo Gutierrez Vega said he was humiliated when three German passengers on an Air Berlin flight approached him during a layover in Palma de Mallorca on Aug. 30 en route from Seville, Spain, to Dortmund, Germany, and asked to search his carry-on luggage.
The men told him that other passengers were frightened by his appearance, said Gutierrez Vega, 35, a law professor at the University of Seville.
"They treated me like an Islamic terrorist because of my appearance," Gutierrez Vega said
On the runway, the pilot apologized for the incident and said he could would take Vega's luggage into the cockpit to pacify the other passengers.
2006-09-29 22:41:31 · 2 answers · asked by big-brother 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
A consequence of flying while (looking) Arab. Of course, one wouldn't expect Arab-looking men to be boarding a plane in SPAIN. At least the airline apologized.
2006-09-30 22:13:56 · answer #1 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
great! I only wish I could have done this many times but was chicken. I look with suspicion at all Islamic-looking men and women.
2006-09-29 22:45:29 · answer #2 · answered by wunderkind 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋