Couple thrown off flight for being stinky asked airport strangers to smell them
A couple who were kicked off a flight over claims they had "bad body odour" were left confused after the incident and stopped passengers around the airport to ask them if they really smelled.
Yehuda Yosef Adler, Jennie Adler, and their 19-month-old daughter were asked to leave an American Airlines flight from Miami to Detroit after passengers allegedly complained about their stench. The family said they felt humiliated and embarrassed due to the incident, which, they said, caused them "emotional distress".
It took place in January 2019 and, the following year, the couple sued American Airlines. However, the case was dismissed with prejudice, meaning that the pair will not be able to refile the lawsuit and pursue the same legal action against the airline. The document states that "the dismissal of this case with prejudice" is "subject to reopening if the settlement is not concluded" and further states that all parties must pay their own legal and attorney fees.
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Yehuda Yosef Adler, Jennie Adler, and their 19-month-old daughter were told to leave the plane (Local10)Describing what happened when the family were asked to leave the flight, Mr Adler told WPLG Local 10 News: "All of a sudden, as soon as they took us off, they closed the gate and then they said, 'Sorry sir, some people complained you had body odour and we're not letting you back on'." His wife claimed that they were so confused about the incident that they stopped other people, including passengers and airline employees, in the airport to ask if they did in fact smell. However, they said nobody would give them a straight answer.
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The family also said they were told by American Airlines that their luggage would be returned to them, but it did not happen and they were left with just the clothes on their back. They said everything they needed to look after their child, including a car seat and stroller, was also left on the plane.
The Adlers were given a hotel room and vouchers that night, then booked on another flight the following day, but for 24 hours they only had the clothes on their back.
The family were told other passengers complained about their body odourAccording to the lawsuit, the Adlers, who are Orthodox Jews, had just sat when a gate agent told the man: "Sir, there's an emergency and you must deplane." Lawyer Nwadi Nwogu wrote in the suit: "Once outside, defendent's agent told Mr Adler that the pilot was booting the family off the plane because of body odour.
"Mr Adler asked the agent if the body odour was emanating from him, his wife or child and the agent would not respond to the question but continued to state that the Adlers must leave the plane at the instruction of the pilot and because they had extremely offensive body odour." The Adlers told airline staff they had bathed early that day, prior to their morning flight.
The couple sued American AirlinesOn January 28 that year, the Adlers filed a civil suit against American Airlines "for discrimination that relates to the Adlers' race, religion, ancestry, country of origin, and ethnic characteristics, for denial of freedom and equality, for embarrassment, humiliation, for disparaging treatment, for defamation, for negligence and for intentional infliction of emotional distress."
After the lawsuit was filed, American Airlines issued a statement saying: "Our team members took care of the family and provided hotel accommodations and meals, and rebooked them on a flight to Detroit the next morning. None of the decisions made by our team in handling this sensitive situation were based on the Adler’s (sic) religion."
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