Associated PressFILE - A Qatar Airways jet approaches Philadelphia International Airport in Philadelphia, Nov. 7, 2019. An Australian court on Wednesday, April 10, 2024, has rejected a case brought by five women seeking compensation from Qatar Airways over invasive gynecological examinations conducted on passengers at Dohas airport in 2020. The women's case against the airport's operator is still going ahead, however.
on Oct. 2, 2020, as officials searched for the mother of a newborn baby found dumped in a terminal trash can.. Many said they were forced to undergo non-consensual gynecological or intimate physical examinations. “My conclusion that the exclusivity principle precludes the applicants from pursuing any claim for damages against Qatar Airways is a complete answer to the claims that the applicants seek to bring against Qatar Airways,” Halley said.
Australian Transport Minister Catherine King did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Thursday on the court ruling.