Watch | Student kicked off flight for speaking in Arabic

A university student was taken off a Southwest Airlines flight in Los Angeles after another passenger heard him speaking Arabic. The incident unfolded as Khairuldeen Makhzoomi, a 26-year-old University of California Berkeley student, was waiting for his flight from Los Angeles International Airport to Oakland to take off on April 6.

Makhzoomi, an Iraqi refugee, said he had called his uncle in Baghdad when he noticed a fellow passenger staring at him. The woman in front of him then reported him to Southwest staff and Makhzoomi was escorted off the plane.

After his release, Makhzoomi took a later Delta Air Lines flight to Northern California and wants an apology from Southwest, said Billoo, who described the incident as a case of “flying while Muslim.”