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Two Asian American women were mistaken for each other. One was accused of physically assaulting a flight attendant, but both were denied boarding, a lawsuit claims.
By Christine Chung
In August, four female colleagues were flying from Las Vegas back home to Washington, D.C., after attending a real estate convention. It had already been a difficult travel day. First, their plane had been diverted because of weather to another airport, where they spent five hours stuck on the tarmac. During that delay, a colleague of theirs started experiencing chest pain.
The day ended with all four women being escorted out of Baltimore Airport by armed police officers. They later filed a lawsuit against United Airlines alleging that the airline racially discriminated against its passengers.
