Posted on 08/27/2014 2:22:59 PM PDT by DeaconBenjamin
An investigation is underway to see whether American Airlines may be guilty of discrimination after a passenger from Paris claims he was forced off a plane because he smelled. The airline denies the allegation.
A 27-year-old man from Paris was thrown off a plane at Charles-de-Gaulle airport because he smelled bad, the victim has claimed.
The man was asked to leave a Dallas-bound flight from Paris before take-off after several passengers complained about his body odour, AFP reports.
The victim has lodged a complaint with American Airlines on the grounds of discrimination and an investigation has been launched.
When contacted by AFP, the airline said it would not make any comment about its passengers but suggested there had been a problem with the passenger's visa.
A source close to the investigation told AFP the passenger was not particularly scruffy or drunk.
According to reports, the passenger tried to go to the toilet before take-off but was asked by an air steward to leave the plane, because of his odour.
The incident was reportedly captured on a video which was seen by AFP.
The crew and the passengers have complained about your smell, a member of staff says.
Youre with an American company, this is American territory, the captain has the right to refuse you. You will not be flying today, a member of the cabin crew tells the victim, adding that it was not the first time this kind of situation has arisen.
AFP reports that the man was then told to take a shower.
We mustn’t be “racist”. More likely he would be incog-loser-o.
In the early 80s I had a room mate. His girl friend had just graduated from college and came to stay with us for a week before she left to spend several months in Paris. She took two showers a day: once in the morning and once after her afternoon workout. Nothing unusual, nothing noticed. About a month after she left for France, she told my room mate that her landlord threatened to raise her rent, because “she took two showers a day, rather than once a week ‘like civilized people’.”
I waited in a market while a Mexican man filled a bag with doughnuts/sweet rolls. After he walked away I went to the spot in which he stood to fill a bag and was assaulted by his spoor that still lingered acridly in the air.
You beat me by a skunk-hair.
Ok, I’m DONE being PC!!! What was I thinking????? She wasn’t Amish, she was black, and the stinky guy in our van was from India.
They refer to the nasty bastard as a victim. Why?He should know that hygene is important especially to all those around him that had to smell his funky azz.
now you know the woman wasn’t a real Amish woman, they’re all very clean. I’m ashamed of myself, that I would cast aspersions on the Amish.
Oh, he was French? Never mind.
The passenger’s name was Robin Le Williams.
More like moldy smoked turkey.
Stank is in the nose of the beholder
I believe he smelled bad.
I was in a class with a Polish priest at Catholic University. He REEKED.
A friend of mine served as a deacon at a Mass at the National Shrine at CUA, celebrated by Cardinal Glemp. He told me: “He smelled just like that priest.”
A friend told me that when he was in Russia, EVERYONE reeked.
The French complain that Americans “smell like soap.”
How bad do you have to stink for the French to kick you off a plane?
Ya. Germans can be the worst.
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