Mother, one-year-old son suffering from genetic skin condition kicked out of American Airlines flight over 'rash'
Jordan Flake and her one-year-old son Jackson were not allowed to take an American Airlines flight citing a rare, genetic skin disease that the mother and son suffered from
A woman and her one-year-old son, who suffer from a rare genetic skin condition, were thrown off an American Airlines flight for not having a letter from the doctor.
Jordan Flake, a resident of South Carolina, wanted to visit her military husband with her infant son before he was deployed. She was supposed to board a flight from El Paso, Texas, to Dallas with her one-year-old son Jackson, to meet her husband Chris Flake. However, the mother and son were removed from the flight on Thursday after boarding.
Flake alleged that this was because of their rare skin disease. The mother and son suffer from a disease, Ichthyosis — a genetic condition characterised by dry scaly skin, which affects more than 16,000 babies a year.