The 180 haredi-religious passengers on a flight from New York to Israel on Friday that was diverted to Athens to avoid Sabbath desecration have demanded that the company pay NIS 50,000 to each of them and refund the cost of each passenger's flight, according to Yisrael Hayom.
In addition to the financial compensation, the passengers are demanding a public announcement from the company that there were no violent incidents on the part of the haredi passengers, and that the rumors circulated after the flight were unfounded.