So basically... the 50 people who were held in a transit station, had no visas while the other foreign passengers, were allowed to stay in hotels... because they had visas or other documentation that would allow them to step on french soil..... so how is this the airline's fault? I don't think it's racial profiling at all. It sounds like customs in France screwed up, because as the piece of the article states, they could have provided the group visa earlier that would allow those who did not have visas to leave.
And the airline did anticipate such technical issues, that's why they shipped the others to hotels. Had any of the others held in the transit station had proper documentation to begin with, they wouldn't have been there. Maybe they could have done something to more to those held in transit besides water and a sandwich? Most definitely. But the blame lies with the French customs, not the airlines.
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