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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Travel
Amelia Neath

American Airlines accused of holding two children in ‘jail cell’ overnight

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A mother from Florida has accused American Airlines of “misplacing” her two young children and holding them in a jail-like room overnight without food, water, blankets or pillows when their flight got cancelled.

Amber Vencill filed a lawsuit in New York claiming that the airline was "reckless, careless, and negligent" toward her sons and broke its policies when the boys were supposed to be under their care.

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