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Woman in wheelchair dropped by airport employee on United Airlines flight, suffers serious injury: lawsuit

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A wheelchair-using woman was dropped by an unidentified Air Serv employee while transferring onto a plane at Houston airport. She suffered injuries to her shoulder that still persist, which have limited her use of her arms and her independence. And to add insult to injury, United Airlines also damaged her wheelchair. But at least she didn’t get dragged off the airplane, so I guess that’s progress!

Read the rest at: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/woman-confined-wheelchair-dropped-united-flight-lawsuit-article-1.3228429

Frontier Airlines refused to allow blind man and granddaughter on plane at Tampa airport

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Frontier Airlines prevented a blind man and his granddaughter from boarding their flight to Las Vegas because they didn’t think he was capable of taking care of her during the flight. They have since apologized and rescheduled him for another flight.

I have to wonder how they think he managed to acquire a granddaughter, if he had been incapable of taking care of her parent in the first place?

Click through to read the whole story and see a picture of the very cute granddaughter in question: http://www.tampabay.com/news/business/airlines/frontier-airlines-refused-to-allow-blind-man-and-granddaughter-on-plane-at/2325975

American Airlines Called Cops on Double Amputee After Forgetting His Wheelchair, Lawsuit Says

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In August of 2016, American Airlines had the cops arrest a double amputee and remove him from his flight, saying that he was drunk and belligerent. What did he do to cause such trouble? He hobbled down the aisle asking two flight attendants for water to take his pain medication with, since they had failed to have a wheelchair available for his use.

Read the whole story at http://www.miaminewtimes.com/news/american-airlines-called-cops-on-double-amputee-after-forgetting-his-a-wheelchair-lawsuit-says-9383726

Businessman’s relief as he wins legal fight with British Airways after wheelchair lost and broken

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An Irish businessman represented himself in court against British Airways after they lost and broke his wheelchair into pieces, and won. He refused their offer of a financial settlement but got them to admit responsibility.

Read more at: http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/ni-businessmans-relief-as-he-wins-legal-fight-with-airline-giant-british-airways-after-wheelchair-lost-and-broken-35664979.html

American Airlines pilot kicks man with cerebral palsy off plane without explanation, leaves him stranded in the jetway

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Businessman Mark E Smith, who has cerebral palsy and uses a wheelchair, was summarily kicked off an American Airlines flight with no explanation. One flight attendant tried to stick up for him, but was overruled by the pilot. They left him completely immobile in an aisle chair on a shaking jetway, with no assistance. You can read more about the incident on his blog Powerchair Diaries. And according to Mobility Management, American Airlines has apologized and is investigating the incident.