Muslim ordered of Newcastle Airport plan after asking to pray
09.07.07
A young Muslim man was ordered off a plane at Newcastle Airport after asking cabin crew if he could pray before his flight, according to a report in the Sunday Sun. The incident happened when the country was on high alert last weekend after the terrorist attack at Glasgow airport.
The newspaper reports that the man - who has not been named - boarded a Thomsonfly flight at Newcastle International bound for a holiday in Malaga, Spain, with friends. He asked staff if he could go in the galley area - which can be curtained off from passengers - and offer prayers before the flight took off.
However when the flight attendant asked the plane's captain, he promptly ordered the man off the aircraft. Northumbria Police officers were waiting for him in the departure lounge and searched him under terrorism laws. All they found was a bottle of water, used by Muslims to wash themselves before prayer, a compass to ensure he was facing the holy city of Mecca, and a traditional prayer-mat.
The flight took off an hour later than its scheduled 16:20 departure time last Sunday.
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