Lufthansa fined $4M for violating rights of Jewish passengers on N.Y.-Frankfurt flight

Oct. 15 (UPI) -- The U.S. Transportation Department on Tuesday fined Germany-based airline Lufthansa $4 million for violating the rights of 128 Jewish passengers who were traveling from New York City to Frankfurt and Budapest, the largest fine ever issued for civil rights violations.

The incident happened in May 2022, during which the passengers, many of them wearing distinctive garb worn by Orthodox Jewish men, boarded a Lufthansa passenger plane from New York City with two stops.

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