Delta Flight Delayed After Haredim Refuse to Sit Next to Opposite Sex
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A Delta Airlines flight to Israel was delayed after haredi Orthodox men and women deplaned rather than sit next to members of the opposite sex.
The flight Monday night from New York’s Kennedy Airport arrived more than an hour late on Tuesday afternoon due to the incident, Haaretz reported.
After the haredi passengers decided to get off the plane their baggage also had to be removed from the plane, causing the delay.
It is not known if the passengers’ fares were refunded.
In September, an El Al flight that landed in Israel on the morning of Rosh Hashana eve, was delayed in New York after haredi Orthodox men assigned to sit next to women attempted to switch their seats.
The haredi passengers who could not switch their seats stood up immediately upon takeoff and remained in place throughout the flight, crowding the aisles and inconveniencing fellow passengers and flight attendants, Ynet reported at the time.
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