A Jewish couple from Queens, New York, claims their family was unfairly kicked off a JetBlue flight to New York because they are Orthodox Jews. Michael Nektalov, 42 years old, his wife Miriam Yoshnaev and their five children returned from a vacation from the island of Aruba on February 4, 2021.

The couple were dressed according to "the custom of our religious community," including a headdress for Miriam and a long beard and a cap for Michael. The mother was then taken off the plane after being falsely accused of not wearing a face mask, her family claimed.