Pilot told to take off turban at Milan airport

New Delhi: A Sikh senior commander with Jet Airways on Tuesday was asked to take off his turban during security check for his Flight 141 to Delhi from the Milan airport.
The incident happened just six months after the Italian government’s promise against continuation of such a practice.
“I was operating a flight back to Delhi from Milan, when I was asked to take off my turban at the airport during security check. I had already been screened through the metal detector, and there was no beep to suggest anything suspicious,” Captain Singh Dhupia, commander of the Jet Airways flight, said. “I requested the security official and tried to reason with him the importance of a turban to a Sikh, but they publicly humiliated me and made me remove turban... I had to give in to their demand.”
01/12/11 Geeta Gupta/Indian Express

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