Reporter says United flight attendant yelled at her for refusing Haredi request to change seat

After a series of similar incidents on buses, Channel 13’s reporter Neria Kraus says Haredi passengers asked her to switch seats on a Tel Aviv-New York flight “because I’m a woman,” and that a United Airlines flight attendant shouted at her when she refused.

“I was told the flight might touch down in Egypt and it would be my fault. What a humiliating event for me as a woman,” she tweets.

The flight departed as planned and Kraus didn’t change her seat.

Before the flight lands in Newark, the airline tells Haaretz journalist Josh Breiner: “We offered the customer another seat — which was declined — the flight departed for New York/Newark and is expected to arrive on time.”

חרדים בטיסה עכשיו מנסים להזיז אותי ממושב למושב. כי אני אישה. יונייטד אירליינס אגב לא מטפלים בזה. אומרים לי שבגללי הטיסה לא תצא. בושה. pic.twitter.com/e6BsnMxOuU

— Neria Kraus (@NeriaKraus) August 15, 2023