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A Jewish family was booted from a flight over ‘body odor’ — but says anti-Semitism is to blame

A Michigan couple and their 19-month-old daughter were removed from an American Airlines flight after the airline told them that other passengers and crew members had complained about their body odor.

Yossi Adler said he and his wife, Jennie, were heading home from a vacation in Miami on Wednesday night when they were told there was an emergency and they needed to exit the plane.

The couple, both 37, had eight other children at home in Southfield, Mich., so Adler said that he and his wife were worried that there may have been an incident involving one of them. Later, he said, when he and his wife stepped off the plane and the airline told them that they had been removed because of a stench, they were “humiliated,” “frustrated” and left wondering about the real reason.

“Obviously, there was a reason,” Adler, who is Jewish, said in a phone interview Friday with The Washington Post. “But I think it was an anti-Semitic reason."

“Even if it wasn’t,” he added, “they were anti-Semitic afterward.”

American Airlines said in a statement that the Adlers were asked to deplane after “multiple passengers, along with our crew members, complained about Mr. Adler’s body odor. Our Miami airport team members were concerned about the comfort of our other passengers due to the odor. Our team members took care of the family and provided hotel accommodations and meals, and rebooked them on a flight to Detroit Thursday morning.”

The airline said its employees did not know of Adler’s religion.

Adler said the vouchers that American Airlines gave him for food and lodging did not work, so he had to pay out of pocket. The airline said that should not have been the case but that it will look into the matter and ensure any such expenses are reimbursed.

In any case, Adler said, had the airline been that concerned about his body odor, it should have given him clean clothes to wear. Instead, he said, he had to wear the same clothes on the flight the next morning because he did not have his belongings.

Video showed the Adlers approach a ticket counter Wednesday evening, complaining that the airline had removed them from the plane and then sent their belongings ahead to Detroit.

“I’m trying to stay calm here,” Yossi Adler told an employee. “But there’s two Jewish people on the plane, and now they’re kicking us off because of odor. Seriously? Nobody here thinks I have odor.

“I need to get on a plane tonight. I have eight children at home.”

At one point, after Adler asked airline workers for an explanation for the removal, one of them asked him, “You told me for religious reasons you don’t shower?”

“I shower every day!” Adler quickly responded. “I said you kicked me off because of religious reasons.”

But some people who said they were also passengers on the flight said that it was not about religion.

A person who spoke to The Post on the condition of anonymity said that he and his girlfriend were also on the plane and that there was indeed a stench.

Another woman who claims to have been on the flight took to Twitter to back up American Airline’s claim. “The smell was so bad I don’t think I could have made it through the 2.5 hr flight,” she said.

 

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Thank you for confirming. Wanted to make sure it was indeed true. Great job for the airline protecting the rest of the passengers.

 

It had nothing to do with religion as they were claiming in the article. The smell was so bad I don’t think I could have made it through the 2.5 hr flight. We turned the ventilation jets in full blast just to try anything to make it better!

 
 
 
 

 

Asked about that claim, Adler said in a text message to The Post that “the ‘BO’ is a fairy tale and cover for the reprehensible discrimination exhibited to myself and the insensitive treatment I and my family received by AA staff. My attorneys will prove that the BO claim is absolute nonsense.”

Adler told The Post that he had showered Wednesday morning.

Adler described the experience as a “horrible” ordeal, explaining that airline employees were walking around the airport holding their noses and fanning their faces. He said that had there been a legitimate body odor issue, the employees, who have a responsibly in the service industry “to go above and beyond,” should have helped him.

“Not once in my life has someone said I smell,” he told The Post.

There have been numerous incidents on airplanes in recent years, from issues with service and support animals to problems with passengers who claimed they were removed from flights over a birthday cake, breast-feeding and menstrual cramps, and a seat-kicking toddler. Last year, an African woman was booted from a United Airlines flight after a passenger complained that she had a “pungent” odor. The woman sued for racial discrimination.

 

 

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body odor stank is the worst. 

and it's awful to have to address, as an IT supervisor i've had to do it with staff, and i swear i was as uncomfortable as they were. 

i don't understand how people can't smell themselves. 

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Showering but then not wearing any deodorant or other means doesn't cut it stanky boi.  I kicked my own kid out of the car once because that little shit forgot to wear deodorant, had a soccer game, and entire truck smelled like red onions and ass.  

 

 

 

*and we were a block away from the house*

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1 hour ago, mchookem said:

body odor stank is the worst. 

and it's awful to have to address, as an IT supervisor i've had to do it with staff, and i swear i was as uncomfortable as they were. 

i don't understand how people can't smell themselves. 

I think one of the problems is, once you can smell yourself it's way too late.

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There was once a time where everyone in my staff complained about one individual and their odor.  I bought a basket of toiletries with soaps, shampoos, creams and sprays and had it delivered to that person anonymously.  The next day the stinky one showed up showered and dressed nice.    Problem solved.

 

 

 

 

..for 30 days.

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Even if that guy showers every day, that doesn't mean his wife does or their clothes or carry-on doesn't stink. Some cultures don't value showering and clean clothes like most Americans.  I'm not going to get to sit next to you for hours on end because of your "rights." 

And I'm sure it is embarrassing to be told in public that you smell. Embarrassment can be a good motivator to change something that is 100% within your control.

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Not according to Adler who I am certain was 100% in line with using vouchers had they actually been offered. No possible way he is fabricating more nonsense to help increase his case for his wrongful smelliness claim he will be filing.

Edit - Side note, 8 fucking children at 37?? Fuck sake.

I believe they have 9 kids, 8 at home and a 19 month old who was also stank.

 

 

 

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“I’m trying to stay calm here,” Yossi Adler told an employee. “But there’s two Jewish people on the plane, and now they’re kicking us off because of odor. Seriously? Nobody here thinks I have odor.

Only two Jewish people on a flight from Miami?  Sure, buddy, whatever you say.

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2 hours ago, Nice Guy Eddie said:

Even if that guy showers every day, that doesn't mean his wife does or their clothes or carry-on doesn't stink. Some cultures don't value showering and clean clothes like most Americans.  I'm not going to get to sit next to you for hours on end because of your "rights." 

And I'm sure it is embarrassing to be told in public that you smell. Embarrassment can be a good motivator to change something that is 100% within your control.

Adds some extra color, er fragrance, to the notion that your rights end where my nose starts.

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I was killing time in Heathrow last year at some sandwich place and dude rolls up to the table next to me looking straight up homeless. Couple of suitcases, clothes looked like they hadn't seen a washing machine in months. 

Next thing you couldn't help but notice was the smell of shit and piss. All I could think about was the poor son of a bitch who was gonna have to sit next to that walking toilet for an international flight. 

Fuck your feelings, take a shower before you get on a airplane. It's not too much to ask. 

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3 hours ago, TornACL said:

I was killing time in Heathrow last year at some sandwich place and dude rolls up to the table next to me looking straight up homeless. Couple of suitcases, clothes looked like they hadn't seen a washing machine in months. 

Next thing you couldn't help but notice was the smell of shit and piss. All I could think about was the poor son of a bitch who was gonna have to sit next to that walking toilet for an international flight. 

Fuck your feelings, take a shower before you get on a airplane. It's not too much to ask. 

If you had said 2002 instead of "last year" I would've said that must've been my old roommate. Dude was from Delhi... and rich as fuck. His parents owned a bunch of movie theaters in Delhi or something and had a big ass house with servants. But he had no concept of washing his clothes on a regular basis or showering on a regular basis. When we had friends come in to visit we would have to have an intervention with him and explain how bad he smelled. He just didn't get it. He couldn't smell it so why would we? 

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54 minutes ago, Steel Shank said:

We should be respectful of other cultures and not impose our ways upon them.

I respect them, just don't want to sit next to them and or smell them.  Don't impose your stank upon the public and or private company with rules about stank.  If you have a problem with the airline choose one that welcomes stank or start your own.  

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I've had to interact with people from India and the Middle East that made my eyes water from the smell. It's an odor that invasively penetrates you. How can you not realize you reek? But to be fair, I've run across plenty of stinky white people, too. 

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