Delta Airlines Hina 2 Of Its Flight Attendants Wear The Palestinian Flag Pin Sorry

Delta Airlines is based in Atlanta, USA. (Unsplash-Miguel Badminton Sanz)

JAKARTA - Delta Airlines expressed its apology after the airline-based social media account X in Atlanta, United States (US) disseminated the anti-Palestinian hate message.

Citing NBC News, Friday, July 12, Delta also admitted that she was wrong by removing the racist tweets on the grounds that it was not in line with the values of airlines in connecting the world.

The company said that the staff of the X Delta Airlines account manager and who were responsible for the tweet had been given a warning. The staff is also no longer involved in managing the Delta social media account.

This incident began with the upload of the X account @ilicateteslas which showed a photo of two Delta Airlines flight attendants on duty wearing Palestinian flag pins.

The pin is worn on the chest of the flight attendant uniform. On top of the tiny pin, there is a pin logo for Delta Airlines which is bigger in shape.

In the upload, the account provides a haphazard assessment of those who are pro-humane towards the Palestinian people, meaning that they support terrorist activities.

The hate speech was also followed by the assumption that the netizen's account was inconsequential that the Palestinian flag pin was the same as the Hamas badge.

"Since 2001 we have removed our shoes at every airport due to terrorist attacks in the US region. Now imagine you're boarding the @Delta flight and seeing workers with Hamas badges in the air. What are you doing?" write the @iliketeslas account.

Whether this racist post on Delta’s X account was approved or unauthorized, Delta must apologize and take steps to educate its employees about this type of dangerous anti-Palestinian racism. Bigotry against Palestinian-Americans is absolutely out of control in workplaces and at… pic.twitter.com/3wezN6W8iN

— CAIR National (@CAIRNational) July 10, 2024

Whether this racing post on Delta's X account was approved or unathorized, Delta must apologize and take steps to educate its employees about this type of Dangerous anti-Palestinian racism. Bigotry against Palestinians-Americans is absolutely out of control in workshops and at... pic.twitter.com/3wezN6W8iN

The account's tweet was then grabbed by Delta Airlines' official X account which confirmed that the tweets of anti-Palestinian and phobia racism were not based on the @ikileteslas account.

"I hear you, because I personally feel scared too. Our employees reflect our culture and we don't take it lightly if the policy is not obeyed," tweeted the X Delta Airlines account.

The conversation in X was responded to by the largest Muslim advocacy and civil rights organization in the US, namely the Council of American-Islamic Relations or CAIR. CAIR condemned the tweet of anti-Palestinian racism on Delta Airlines' official X account which has now been deleted.

"Whether this racist post on Delta X's account is approved or not, Delta should apologize and take steps to educate its employees about this type of dangerous anti-Palestinian racism. The ferocity towards Palestinian-Americans is completely out of control at work and at school. and this must be stopped, "said CAIR Deputy National Director Edward Ahmed Mitchell in his statement.