Overview

• France’s foreign ministry formally contacted Vueling CEO Carolina Martinoli to demand documents on the incident and to probe potential religious discrimination
• Vueling maintains that the minors and their adult chaperones were expelled for tampering with life vests, oxygen masks and high-pressure cylinders and has launched an internal review
• The Federation for Jewish Communities of Spain and the campers’ legal representatives are preparing lawsuits and demanding proof of the airline’s safety claims
• Independent passengers and witnesses have disputed the airline’s account, saying the children were calm and only sang in Hebrew before being removed
• Captain Iván Chirivella, who ordered the group’s removal, previously trained Mohamed Atta and Marwan Al-Shehhi, raising questions about airline vetting and oversight