Follow The Beat On Twitter: Sign Up For Our Newsletter! Wait a minute, what’s going on here with DFW’s very own Olympic track star Sha’carri Richardon being kicked off plane. Press play and see for yourself. The temperature and lack of reasoning for Sha’carri to be removed from flight is still unclear at this time. […]
Have you ever bought the cheapest ticket from American Airlines only to realize you didn’t read the fine print and you can’t even bring a carry-on? American Airlines recently added basic economy tickets that did not allow carry-on bags. That didn’t go over so well with fliers. Most got to the gate and were very […]
A breastfeeding mom was humiliated by American Airlines employees when she was told at the gate she had too many items and would have to check the bag carrying the breast pump and breast milk. The agent at the gate asked her “How many boobs do you have?'” American Airlines has since apologized. They better let […]
The NAACP issued a travel advisory warning African Americans about traveling with American Airlines. The organization has been monitoring incidents of discrimination on the airlines.
American Airlines is once again in the news for kicking a Black woman off one of its flights. Briana Williams, a 24-year-old Harvard Law student, was traveling from Atlanta to New York when she was booted from one of American’s planes. According to The New York Daily News, Brianna and her 4-month-old daughter had to […]
Emergency responders are facing criticism for how they removed a dying woman from an American Airlines flight. Theresa Hines was found unresponsive with her pants undone in the rear bathroom of a Boeing 737, which was flying from Dallas to Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport. An airport rep told The Star Tribune that the woman died […]
An AA spokesperson said that the incident, which happened on a flight leaving San Francisco to Dallas-Forth Worth, did not represent the company's "values."
The president of North Carolina's NAACP filed a lawsuit Wednesday against American Airlines after he said the company removed him from a flight because of his skin color, reports ABC News.
You may have heard of 'driving while black' but you may not be as familiar with 'flying while black'. According to Imani Cezanne, she was racially profiled on an American Airlines flight because of her Black Lives Matter t-shirt.
A veteran pilot who passed away mid-flight from Phoenix and Boston more than likely suffered a heart attack.
