The family was flying from Fort Lauderdale to New York for a wedding in September.
Yaz Giraldo, the wife of a former FBI agent, alleged that a flight attendant locked her and their three-year-old son in an airplane bathroom before accusing her of starting a “terrorist” incident. Ms Giraldo, a mother of two, said she was traumatized by the experience and thinks she was chosen because she and her husband, Ali Moghaddam, spoke “Farsi” to their children. new york post,
According to the outlet, the family was flying from Fort Lauderdale to New York for a wedding in September. At that time, her children were in urgent need of a toilet. She took her child to the first class bathroom closest to the seats in the front of the plane. She said that even though “everyone” was using it, a flight attendant did not allow her to do so. She changed the baby’s diaper toward the end of the plane where her husband was seated. According to a discrimination case filed against American Airlines in Brooklyn Federal Court, a second flight attendant informed her that there was no restriction on using a nearby restroom and so she took her son there.
“I closed the door, and when I’m inside the bathroom I start to hear noises like, ‘tick, tick, tick.’ And I said, ‘Let me out of here. She was punishing me for challenging me.’
Ms Giraldo claimed she forgot to count the time inside the toilet and was “shaking” when she was released from the toilet. Minutes later, a supervisor rebuked him in front of other passengers, alleging that “the pilot decided to put the plane under terrorist attack alert because of you,” according to the outlet.
In addition, the flight attendant accused Ms. Giraldo of lying when she tried to explain that she had misunderstood the position of the toilet and was locked inside with her baby to her chest.
According to the NYP, “I knew right away that this was racism. I knew right away that I was being discriminated against.”
However, Mr Moghaddam was unaware of the incident until police took him off the plane in New York.
He told the outlet, “I devoted almost a decade of my life to public service, to protecting the community. Joint Terrorism Task Force, undercover, SWAT, all of it … my family was labeled as terrorists and A plane to march just because we want to change a diaper?”
According to the outlet, Ms. Giraldo is undergoing treatment following the incident. Meanwhile, American Airlines said, “American strives to provide a positive and welcoming experience for everyone who travels with us and we take allegations of discrimination very seriously. We are reviewing the details of the lawsuit.” Are.”