Washington: An Arab-American woman has accused United Airlines of 'profiling' her family after its staff kicked them off a flight 'for no reason', in a repeat of a similar incident last year when hundreds of people pledged to boycott the carrier over alleged discrimination.

Eaman-Amy Saad Shebley, her husband and their three young children were told they had to get off the flight from a Chicago airport to Washington DC on March 20, because of a "safety of flight issue," the New York Daily News reported.