Students demanding apology from Charlotte airport officials

CHARLOTTE — A group of students from the United Arab Emirates have demanded an apology from Charlotte Douglas airport security officials and an airline after they were removed from a Washington-bound flight and questioned.

According to a report from ABC News affiliate WJLA in Washington, DC, several members of the group were removed from U-S Airways flight 1768 from Charlotte to Washington and questioned by police. The process caused a nearly five-hour delay.

According to flight data, the flight was supposed to take off at 4-35 p-m Thursday, but did not make its way down the runway until 9-30 p-m. U-S Airways officials said a “security issue” led to several passengers – namely the students from the U-A-E – being rescreened before the flight was cleared for takeoff.

However, several people in that group are demanding an apology from airport security and U-S Airways.