JetBlue attendant doesn't like being stared at by Muslim women, calls police to take them off plane

On Saturday evening my friend Sharon Kessler was flying from Boston to Los Angeles on JetBlue flight 487. Sharon overheard a flight attendant tell a co-worker that she didn't like the way two Muslim women were staring back at her.

The flight attendant "called authorities who boarded the plane when we landed and escorted these two women off," Sharon posted on Facebook. "It was a terrible moment -- honestly -- these women sat quietly, watched movies -- it felt like overkill from this flight attendant."

I asked Sharon for more details. She said the flight attendant "casually relayed to a coworker that she didn't appreciate being stared at -- she did not seem rattled or scared -- just smug. Then -- after we landed - she announced that the authorities would be boarding the plane and to remain in our seats with seat belts."

Sharon shot the above video of the woman being taken off the plane.

I contacted JetBlue and asked spokesperson Morgan Johnson if he could provide further information. He said that while the plane was in the air, one of the crew members thought that the women were recording a security procedure. Johnson said that when the plane landed, authorities escorted the women off the plane and questioned them. The women explained that they were using a language translation app on their phone, and were released.

I asked Johnson if he could clarify the flight attendant's "staring back" comments, but he said he had no information about that, and he probably wouldn't be able to share the details of the "galley conversation" with me, anyway. I invited him to call me back should he obtain further information.