A few Indian passengers on a Chennai-London flight have accused an airline of racial bias as it allegedly provided accommodation only to white-skinned people.
British Airways flight BA36 from Chennai to London was postponed due to a technical snag. And while foreign passengers were reportedly provided hotel accommodation and many routed through other airlines, at least fifteen Indian passengers claim they were left to fend for themselves.
Naturally, BA denies the claim, but here's something to think about, which isn't made clear in the article: Were all these Indians together in one big group, or were they all separate parties who made separate complaints? If it was the former, it makes it much less likely that this was racism by BA, because it is quite likely that in the chaos of postponement and re-organisation, one large group, which happens to consist of Indians, may be overlooked. If there were actually several independent groups of Indians making this complaint, then there can only be two explanations: sheer bad luck/coincidence or racism.
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