(NJ Herald) A media figure and founder of Muslim Girl who ran for New Jersey’s 6th congressional district was arrested Saturday and taken off a flight at Newark Airport after she said she was wrongly singled out during an incident with a white male passenger, according to an airline spokesperson.
Amani al-Khatahtbeh, 28, was escorted off American Airlines flight 2029 at about 9:55 a.m., just as the Charlotte, North Carolina-bound flight was slated to depart. Passengers were temporarily deboarded, according to Andrew Trull, an American Airlines spokesperson.
Trull said she was charged, but directed additional questions to the Port Authority police, who responded to the incident and removed al-Khatahtbeh from the aircraft.
