Tag: airline accessibility
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Virgin Australia Apologises After Disability Advocate Removed From Flight Over Wheelchair Motor Storage Dispute, Viral Video Draws 16 Million Views
Virgin Australia has apologised to disability advocate Shane Hryhorec after he was removed from a flight over the storage of his wheelchair’s SmartDrive motor. Hryhorec, who lives with C5 incomplete quadriplegia, uses a wheelchair with a power-assist device. He said he had flown three times with Virgin Australia the previous week, with the motor stored…
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Disability Activist CEO Samanta Bullock Denied Boarding JFK British Airways Flight Over Wheelchair
A disability rights advocate and business executive has accused British Airways of discrimination after she says she was prevented from boarding a flight at New York’s JFK Airport simply because she was traveling independently while using a wheelchair. Samanta Bullock, founder of Bullock Inclusion, was preparing to board her flight from New York to London…
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