Family of 20 including a newlywed couple are kicked off Jetstar flight ‘for looking ethnic’
A FAMILY of 20 including a newlywed couple claim they were kicked off their flight for "looking ethnic and being Muslim".
Sarah Aslan, 23, was returning from Bali to Melbourne after getting married to her husband Muhammed.
The couple spent over $40,000 (£21,000) on their wedding last month with their family joining them for the ceremony.
But on their way home on Monday, things took a turn for the worse when the family started feuding with the Jetstar flight attendants.
The family claims things kicked off when one wedding guest, Mike Mahmoud, questioned a flight attendant over a fault with his in-flight entertainment.
In footage obtained Mikes talks to one of Jetstar’s staff members.
He wrote: "We were racially, verbally and physically assaulted by both Jetstar crew members and Bali airport officials. We have footage of all of this.
"We were kicked off the flight even though we hadn’t even spoke a single word to the crew members. We have been waiting for over four hours and my children are sleeping on benches at the airport.
"We weren’t accommodated by Jetstar whatsoever. We tried speaking to them and they didn’t want to know anything about us."
But despite the family’s story, Jetstar is disputing the entire incident.
A Jetstar spokesperson said: "The safety of our customers and crew is our number one priority, and we do not tolerate any kind of disruptive or abusive behaviour.
"We take these allegations extremely seriously and are investigating the matter, however our crew dispute the claims made by these passengers."
A young woman slammed American Airlines after claiming she was "ignored in first class because she was black".
Earlier this year, a black man claims he was "kicked off a flight so a dog could sit in first class".