Family kicked off flight and refused back on after passengers complained they 'smell'
Topics: Travel, Plane Etiquette, US News
Jess Hardiman
Featured Image Credit: WPLG Local 10/ABC
Topics: Travel, Plane Etiquette, US News
A family were once kicked off a flight and refused back on, following complaints from fellow passengers that they ‘smelled’.
Back in 2019, Yossi Adler was set to travel home to Detroit with wife Jennie and their 19-month-old daughter, but were removed from the plane ‘all of a sudden’.
They claimed staff at Miami International Airport kicked them off the flight, saying they weren’t allowed back on board due to ‘bad body odour’.
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Yossi, 36, believed the family were removed because they are Jewish, over any issue with personal hygiene.
Speaking to WPLG Local 10 News at the time, the businessman said: "There's no body odour that we have.
"There's nothing wrong with us."
Yossi and his family had been hoping to travel home on an American Airlines flight, but weren’t allowed back on.
He continued: "All of a sudden, as soon as they took us off, they closed the gate and then they said, 'Sorry sir, some people complained you had body odour and we're not letting you back on'."
They were told their luggage would also be taken off, but this didn’t happen – meaning they were only left with the clothes they were wearing.
"They have our car seat, stroller, everything," Yossi said.
Wife Jenni claimed they were confused by the whole situation, and were even so desperate to get to the bottom of what happened that they stopped several people in the airport to ask if they did indeed smell.
"We stopped several people in the airport and, it's embarrassing, but we asked them, 'Do you think we smell?' Because we just got kicked off a plane for smelling," she recalled.
Yossi added: "I want them to own up to what really happened and to tell me the truth.
"What was it?"
American Airlines confirmed the family were removed from the plane following complaints about body odour.
They were later rebooked onto a separate flight.
In a statement, the airline said: "Mr Adler and his wife were removed from the flight when several passengers complained about their body odour.
“They have been booked into a hotel for the night and given meal vouchers.
“They have been rebooked on a flight Thursday."