Lufthansa Fined $4 Million for Refusing Jewish Passengers

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Big Trouble for Lufthansa!** The German airline was slammed with a record $4 million fine by the US government after refusing to let 128 Jewish passengers board a flight in 2022. The passengers were blocked from getting on a connecting flight in Frankfurt, Germany due to alleged misconduct on the initial leg of the journey. But many of the passengers didn't even know each other and had nothing to do with the misbehavior! The penalty is the largest ever issued by the agency against an airline for civil rights violations. Ouch!

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