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Black Texas Doctor Says American Airlines Made Her Cover Outfit With Blanket

HOUSTON (CBSNEWS.COM) - Fort Worth-based American Airlines has apologized to a Texas doctor after she was temporarily removed from a plane over her romper outfit.

Dr. Tisha Rowe was boarding a Miami-bound flight from Kingston, Jamaica, en route to Houston when a flight attendant told her to get off until she covered up.

Rowe told a Texas television station she was traveling with her 8-year-old son on June 30 when she was asked to step off the plane. Once off, she was told to cover up or she wouldn't be allowed back on.

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