Airline apologises for removing Palestinian passengers from flight after group of Israelis refuse to fly with 'terrorists'

The flight to Tel Aviv was held on the tarmac for two hours on Sunday night after a group of Israeli Jewish passengers refused to sit down

• Caroline Mortimer 

A Greek airline has apologised to the Palestine Liberation Organisation for removing two Palestinians from a flight after a group of Israeli Jewish passengers refused to fly with “terrorists” on board. 

The Aegean Airlines flight 928 from Athens to Tel Aviv was stuck on the tarmac for almost two hours on Sunday night as several Jewish passengers stood up in protest and demanded that two Palestinian passengers were removed. 

They alleged that the two Israeli Arab passengers could be “terrorists” and demanded to search their luggage even after they had left the aircraft - a request which was refused by stewards. 

The airline offered the two passengers a free hotel for the night and the opportunity to fly out the next day - which they both accepted as they no longer “felt comfortable to fly”.

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