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Posted on 06/25/2025 5:51:25 PM PDT by simpson96
An Asian woman is suing United Airlines, claiming she was wrongfully removed from a flight after being mistaken for another Asian passenger seated several rows away. The lawsuit accuses the airline of racial profiling and negligent conduct that caused lasting emotional harm.
The incident occurred on August 29, 2024, aboard United Flight UA1627 from Las Vegas to Washington, D.C. Severe weather forced the flight to divert to Baltimore/Washington International Airport, where passengers remained on the tarmac for an extended delay.
During that time, a male passenger began experiencing a medical emergency, according to PYOK. Christine Kim, one of the plaintiffs and a real estate professional, questioned a flight attendant’s decision to dismiss the man’s symptoms as a panic attack. The lawsuit describes the crew member’s response as “snarky.” Passengers were eventually allowed to deplane and wait in the terminal.
As passengers began reboarding an hour later, Jacquelyn Chiao, Kim’s business partner and a fellow plaintiff, was stopped at the gate and told she could not return to the flight due to an earlier incident. Chiao, who had remained seated during the entire delay and had been quietly reading her Kindle, says in the lawsuit that she had no involvement in the exchange with the crew.
The plaintiffs allege that Chiao was misidentified based solely on her ethnicity, despite being seated seven rows away from Kim at the time of the incident. Three co-workers stood by Chiao, and as a result, all four women were barred from reboarding, escorted out of the airport by police. They were left to make their own travel arrangements home.
The complaint, filed in March 2025 in the District of Maryland, accuses United of racial discrimination and negligent infliction of emotional distress. It seeks both compensatory and punitive damages.
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They all look alike. 🤡
As tall bald white guy identifying as an Asian woman with terrible drivings skills I van definitely say we all look a like ... perhaps I went to far, sometimes I mistake the brake and accelerator pedal
It ruined her day and understand. But some free airline tickets would make it ok if it were me.
Yes, hold the flight crew accountable, personally.
United will have to write a check for this one.
So they misidentified her. How is that racism. Would it have been OK if they banned a white man? I am having race fatigue as well as sex fatigue as well as black fatigue.
I do not know about Christine Kim but Jacquelyn Chiao is definitely not guilty! ;-)
They’d have to prove that a mistaken identity never occurred ever before in any other ethnic group.
It’s also hard to know what her damages would be given the proximity of Baltimore and DC. A lot less than lawyer fees.
Btw, Nextshark is a leftist media propaganda mill that focuses on Asian Americans.
This case is obviously ginned up.
This is what I pay this site for. no
This really is a disgrace and I should be ashamed for laughing.
Mistaken identity isn’t “racial profiling”. I’ll bet the airline has already offered these ladies a fair settlement (probably a voucher for 3 or 4 times the cost of her ticket) for their inconvenience. Being tired of everything being claimed as “racism”, I would give them zero were I on the jury just for that.
On the other hand, she is certainly Not Guilty.
> Being tired of everything being claimed as “racism” <
I agree. And it masks the incidents of true racism.
The airline company here was not racist. But they were arrogant and stupid. And stupid should hurt. $5000 to each of the women they treated unfairly.
Unless there is a threat of harm or violence, its not worth sticking you nose in anyone else’s business. Road to hell paved with good intentions.
The sub-normal sky waitresses do not like to be shown up.
And this woman had the audacity to flaunt her ability to actually read in public.
Well, as Archie said, in response to meathead asking if we should recgize 800 million in Red China
How can you recognize them? They all look alike.
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