American Airlines sorry over basketball players theft appeal

Image copyright Getty ImagesAmerican Airlines has apologised to 2 professional basketball players who were kicked off a flight after being wrongly accused of theft. however before take off, a flight attendant claimed the men had taken blankets from the premier class cabin, & they were forced off the plane. 🤔#beingblackinamerican — Darnell Lazare (@Dhouse35) December 24, 2017 ReportBoth of the basketball players are African American, as was the flight attendant participate. 'Disturbing pattern'Mr Teague & Mr Burrell were given premier class tickets & flown to their last destination on a later flight. In October, the civil rights group NAACP warned of "a pattern of disturbing incidents announced with African-American passengers, specific to American Airlines".

American Airlines apologizes after black basketball players accused of stealing blankets

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — American Airlines apologized to 2 black pro basketball players who were kicked off a plane after a flight attendant accused them of stealing blankets. All American Airlines employees going to be required to undergo implicit bias training starting in 2018. -----Tune into 41 Action break news at six p.m. for Lisa Benson's complete report & check back in this story.

2 black basketball players removed from American Airlines flight after being falsely accused of stealing blankets

As it stated in American Airlines has apologised after 2 black basketball players were kicked off a flight after being wrongly accused of stealing blankets from the premier class cabin. Marquis Teague & Trahson Burrell, who both play for nba minor league team Memphis Hustle, were removed from a flight on Christmas Eve after being accused by a male flight attendant – who was too black – of taking the blankets without permission. We take pride in bringing people together, & we know which on this flight we allow some of our customers drop," said American Airlines spokesman Joshua Freed, who too approved which the incident is being reviewed internally. American Airlines has indeed faced accusations of unfair curing towards passengers, by the civil rights group National Association for the Advancement of Coloured People [NAACP] reporting in October "a pattern of disturbing incidents announced by African-American passengers, specific to American Airlines". As a result of the accusations, American Airlines has promised to put its 120,000 employees out of Fresh "implicit-bias" training courses.

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