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Fitness influencer says Lufthansa told her she looked ‘naked,’ forced her to zip up before boarding flight
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Fitness influencer Edda Elisa Pilz says she was prevented from boarding a Lufthansa flight from Berlin to Austria until she covered up her athletic outfit, alleging an airline employee repeatedly called her «naked» during the encounter as temperatures reached 30 degrees Celsius (86 degrees Fahrenheit).
Pilz, 24, who boasts more than 500,000 followers on both Instagram and TikTok, shared a video describing the confrontation while preparing to board the Lufthansa flight during the summer heatwave. The video has since circulated widely on social media, where Pilz questioned whether the airline has a dress code for passengers and criticized what she described as the employee’s treatment of her.
Pilz said she was waiting to have her boarding pass scanned when a Lufthansa employee stopped her from boarding.
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According to Pilz, the employee told her, «You cannot board like that,» before repeatedly telling her she was «naked.»
Pilz said she was wearing a matching athletic top and shorts and questioned why the outfit was considered inappropriate in the summer heat.
«What am I supposed to put on?» she said in the video. «What should I wear? It is clothing.»
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A Lufthansa aircraft sits at Berlin Brandenburg Airport in Schoenefeld, Germany, on June 4, 2026. A fitness influencer says she was prevented from boarding a Lufthansa flight from Berlin to Austria over her athletic outfit. (Florian Gaertner/Photothek)
According to Pilz, the employee told her she was not wearing «normal clothes» and instructed her to put something over her outfit before she would be allowed to board the aircraft.
Pilz said she put on a jacket but was then told she also had to zip it completely before being allowed to proceed.
She alleged the employee then blamed her for delaying the boarding process.
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A passenger speaks with staff at a Lufthansa service center in Munich on Feb. 12, 2026. A fitness influencer says she was prevented from boarding a Lufthansa flight from Berlin after an employee objected to her athletic outfit. (Malin Wunderlich/picture alliance)
According to Pilz, the employee told her, «Because of you, we are now delayed. Because of you, the whole flight is delayed, because you are holding up all the traffic here.»
Pilz said she replied that she had simply asked for an explanation because she had never heard of an airline dress code.
She also claimed men wearing shorts were allowed to board the same flight without being stopped.
The influencer said the incident was less about whether Lufthansa has a clothing policy than the way she said she was treated by the employee.
«I can accept rules,» she said. «But the attitude was unacceptable.»
Pilz ended the video by directly questioning Lufthansa and asking whether the airline condones that type of customer service, adding that she was waiting for an official response.
Lufthansa’s General Conditions of Carriage do not appear to include a specific passenger dress code. The airline says it may refuse transportation under certain circumstances, including when a passenger’s conduct could significantly affect the «safety and security, the health or wellbeing of other passengers,» or for other operational or security reasons, but the policy does not specifically address athletic clothing.
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Pilz and Lufthansa did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.
Fox News Digital’s Christina Shaw contributed to this report.
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Mamdani slow to respond to suspected antisemitic stabbing as Hochul, other NY officials condemn attack
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New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani remained silent for serveal hours on what officials described as an antisemitic stabbing in New York City on Thursday afternoon, choosing to instead post about his millionaire housing tax initiative — even as the attack drew attention from other state officials.
«I have been briefed on today’s horrifying stabbings on the Upper West Side, where an Asian man and a Jewish man were attacked. According to witness and victim statements, the perpetrator yelled «Allahu Akbar» during both attacks. I am relieved that both victims are in stable condition,» Mamdani wrote in a statement.
«The NYPD responded immediately and arrested Raul Morales in connection with both assaults—and I am grateful to the officers for their swift response.»
The delayed response from Mamdani played into the fears of some observers that his critical stances towards Israel, views shared by many progressives, are feeding into hesitations about supporting Jewish communities in the U.S.
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Julie Menin, speaker of the New York City Council, during an announcement in the Brooklyn borough of New York, US, on Monday, Jan. 12, 2026. (John Lamparski/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Councilwoman Inna Vernikov, another member of the New York City Council, more pointedly laid blame with Mamdani.
«According to credible reports I received, the attacker was yelling ‘Allahu Akbar’ during his attempted murder. I pray for the speedy recovery of the victims. [Mamdani,] you got blood on your hands,» she wrote.
Authorities reported that a 57-year-old man was reportedly attacked near West 84th Street and Central Park West just after 1:30 p.m. local time. He was found conscious and alert with a stab wound to his back. He was taken to a local hospital in stable condition.
Investigators later found another 50-year-old man nearby with a stab wound to his torso. He was also conscious and alert and was taken to a nearby hospital.
City officials described the violence as an «antisemitic stabbing,» though police have not yet identified a motive or said whether the attacks are being investigated as a hate crime.
Raul Morales, the suspect, is in custody, the New York City Police Department (NYPD) told Fox News Digital.
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New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s video admitting that he lacks the legal authority to arrest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu did little to ease Jewish leaders’ concerns. (NYC Mayor’s Office via YouTube/Handout via Reuters)
Almost immediately, the incident drew alarm and condemnation from observers, expressing dismay at another instance of violence against the Jewish community in New York City.
«Disgusted by what appears to be another senseless attack on New Yorkers simply because they’re Jewish,» New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said in a post to X.
«While we await additional details to be confirmed, we know that what is happening in our city is abhorrent. The fear in the Jewish community is real. Every New Yorker deserves to feel safe in their neighborhood, regardless of their faith or identity.»
«While we await additional details to be confirmed, we know that what is happening in our city is abhorrent. The fear in the Jewish community is real. Every New Yorker deserves to feel safe in their neighborhood, regardless of their faith or identity,» Julie Menin, speaker of the New York City Council, wrote in a post to X
«A man yelling ‘allahu akbar’ stabbed a man in a kippah at 86th and Amsterdam Avenue on the Upper West Side at 1:30 pm today, then likely stabbed someone else at 84th and Central Park West. Has apparently been caught. On the Jewish day of mourning. In Zohran Mamdani’s city,» another observer wrote.
Even as the incident captured attention online, Mamdani remained notably silent on the attack. Instead, he made a post on his recent housing tax plan, a strategy to dissuade wealthy New Yorkers from purchasing and keeping an outsized number of residences.
«If you have a second home in New York City worth more than $5M, check your mailbox when you’re back in the five boroughs — because you’ve got mail. Today, we sent notification letters to property owners, letting them know that our new pied-à-terre tax is coming soon,» Mamdani wrote at 3:55, almost two and a half hours after the attack.
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In the first quarter of 2026, the New York Police Department has received 146 hate crime complaints and made 71 arrests, according to police data — an uptick from 137 complaints and 51 arrests in the first quarter of 2025.
Mamdani’s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment on whether factors behind the scenes had caused a delay in response.
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El precio del barril de petróleo vuelve a subir, mientras la guerra en Medio Oriente se extiende y jaquea a la economía mundial
Mientras el precio del petróleo siguió subiendo en los mercados internacionales, la guerra en Medio Oriente se extiende a nuevos frentes y amenaza con repercusiones para la economía global con la ofensiva de los rebeldes de Yemen, aliados de Irán, contra buques sauditas en el mar Rojo.
En ese escenario, el presidente estadounidense, Donald Trump, amenazó con un “gran castigo militar” a Irán y a los rebeldes hutíes de Yemen si lanzan nuevos ataques.
El barril de crudo brent para entrega en septiembre subió 6 dólares en menos de 24 horas al pasar de los 94 dólares en los que cerró el miércoles a hasta los 100,69 dólares que tocó este jueves mediante un alza de más del 7,03%.
Por su parte, el West Texas Intermediate (WTI), de referencia en Estados Unidos, también subió el 4,92%, hasta los 90,95 dólares, mientras que el gas natural TTF caía un 1,3%, y el megavatio/hora tocó los 61,75 euros.
El fuerte repunte del precio del crudo se produjo después de que milicianos hutíes respaldados por Teherán reivindicaran ataques contra dos petroleros sauditas en el mar Rojo. Esta ofensiva abrió un nuevo punto de conflicto en otra importante vía comercial del crudo en el mundo cuando se entra en el decimotercer día de ofensiva de Estados Unidos contra Irán pese al acuerdo alcanzado en junio.
El caos se apodera del estrecho de Ormuz
Las hostilidades se reanudaron a principios de este mes tras un alto el fuego que duró apenas semanas, en una espiral que volvió a sumir a la región en un caos por el control del vital estrecho de Ormuz.
El conflicto se extendió al mar Rojo esta semana después de que los rebeldes de Yemen declararan un bloqueo de los puertos de Arabia Saudita y después afirmaran que atacaron a dos petroleros sauditas. Niños juegan en la playa en el estrecho de Ormuz, mientras detrás se observa una columna de humo (Foto: AP)
El secretario general de la ONU, Antonio Guterres, afirmó en una reunión del Consejo de Seguridad que la situación en Medio Oriente “está fuera de control”. “Una crisis alimenta a otra. Una escalada desencadena la siguiente”, declaró.
Mientras tanto, Jordania y Kuwait informaron haber interceptado proyectiles, mientras que el ejército de Irán y su Guardia Revolucionaria Islámica anunciaron golpes a objetivos militares estadounidenses en ambos países.
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“Las represalias de las fuerzas armadas continuarán mientras sigan los ataques de Estados Unidos contra la infraestructura y las zonas costeras del país”, dijo el portavoz de las fuerzas armadas iraníes, Mohamad Akraminia, según la televisión estatal.
Ataques en el mar Rojo
Estas hostilidades se produjeron tras la duodécima noche consecutiva de ataques de Estados Unidos contra instalaciones militares de la república islámica.
El miércoles, Trump advirtió que su país bombardeará la infraestructura civil iraní cada vez que Teherán dispare contra buques en Ormuz, dada su importancia en el comercio global de hidrocarburos.
El canciller iraní, Abás Araqchi, respondió que Teherán responderá de la misma manera: “Nuestra doctrina de defensa es clara: ojo por ojo”.
Los medios estatales iraníes informaron este jueves que un ataque estadounidense mató a dos personas en Shalamcheh, en la frontera de la república islámica con Irak. También reportaron que dos misiles estadounidenses impactaron en Bushehr, sede de la única planta nuclear civil del país y blanco frecuente de Washington.
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Los hutíes yemenitas afirmaron que atacaron el miércoles con misiles y drones dos petroleros sauditas en el mar Rojo, el Encelia y el Layla, y concretaron así su amenaza de bloquear a Arabia Saudita en esas aguas que sirven de vía alterna a Ormuz.
Riad confirmó que el Encelia fue alcanzado, sin hacer comentarios sobre el otro petrolero. Aún no está claro hasta qué punto los hutíes podrían implementar un bloqueo, pero la amenaza podría agravar el impacto del cierre que Irán mantiene en Ormuz.
Allí la Guardia Revolucionaria afirmó este jueves que impidió el paso a tres petroleros, mientras Washington y Teherán compiten por el control de esta ruta por la que transitaba alrededor de una quinta parte del petróleo mundial antes de la guerra.
(Con información de EFE y AFP)
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