Hostile Traveler Allegedly Asks Couple on Houston-bound Flight Whether They Have Bomb

United Airlines recently removed a man from a Houston-bound flight after he allegedly made racist remarks that included asking a couple if they had a bomb, KHOU reports.Passenger Megan Lyn posted a Facebook video Saturday after a worker told the unidentified man that he needed to get off the plane in Chicago. The video's been viewed more than 100,000 times. Lyn told KHOU that a South Asian couple in traditional cultural attire were putting their luggage in the overhead bin, when the man in the video asked them, "That's not a bomb in your bag, is it?" Several passengers told flight attendants they were uncomfortable with the remarks, KHOU reports. Lyn said the man turned around and asked her boyfriend, who's of Indian descent, where he's from. The video begins soon after as Lyn tries to clarify what the man said next, asking who he said needs to "get out." "All the illegals," he responds.  Continue reading...

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