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Woman, 84, Made To Wait Over 3 Hours For Wheelchair At Tarmac Of Delhi Airport
An 84-year-old Parkinson's disease-affected woman had to wait for over three hours for a wheelchair at the tarmac of Delhi airport after her arrival from Jaipur on an Alliance Air flight on Sunday.
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Air India Fined Rs 30 Lakh After Passenger, Not Given Wheelchair, Dies
Air India has been fined Rs 30 lakh after a 80-year-old passenger died at Mumbai's Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport while walking from the plane to the terminal as he was not provided a wheelchair.
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Will Ask Centre To Frame SOPs For Handling Airport Wheelchair Issues: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Monday said it will ask the Centre and others, including the Airport Authority of India (AAI), to frame the standard operating procedures to ensure trouble-free access of airports to persons with disability (PwD).
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"He Didn't Wait For Wheelchair": Air India On 80-Year-Old Passenger's Death At Airport
An 80-year-old man collapsed and died at Mumbai's Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport as he walked from the aircraft to the terminal instead of waiting for a wheelchair.
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"Wheelchair Pre-Boarding Scam" On US Airlines Enrages Passengers
Following the post, numerous other social media users shared their own stories regarding a similar incident.
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80-Year-Old On Wheelchair "Strip-Searched", Airport Personnel Suspended
The CISF has suspended a woman constable after it received a complaint that an 80-year-old wheel-chair bound woman passenger, who had undergone a hip implant, was allegedly strip-searched at the Guwahati airport during security checks on Thursday.
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IndiGo Pilot Suspended For Abusing, Threatening Passenger In Wheelchair
The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has suspended an IndiGo pilot accused for threatening a woman and her elderly mother over providing wheelchair assistanceon a Chennai-Bengaluru flight last month. The decision was taken after examining the pilot's response to a show cause notice issued soon after the incident.
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"Necessary Action Will Be Taken": IndiGo On Pilot's Rant At Two Passengers
Budget carrier IndiGo today said that it is investigating an incident involving its pilot who is accused of verbal abuse and threatening a passenger over request for wheelchair assistance in the plane at the Bengaluru airport. The airline's clarification came a day after Union Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said that his office got in touch w...
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Watch: Pragya Thakur Tells SpiceJet Fliers "First Class Seat My Right"
Two days after a disagreement between BJP MP Pragya Thakur and air staffers over seating arrangements resulted in the delay of a Delhi-Bhopal SpiceJet flight, a video of the incident showed the politician arguing with other passengers over the inconvenience they were being subjected to on her account.
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SpiceJet's Reply After BJP's Pragya Thakur Complains About Seat Allotment
SpiceJet, in its clarification, said BJP leader Pragya Thakur was not allowed to sit on the pre-allotted seat as rules do not allow a "passenger on wheelchair" to be seated in the emergency row due to safety reasons
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UK Driver "Insults" Indian-Origin Passenger With Disabilities, Suspended
A taxi driver in the UK has been suspended "indefinitely" after an elderly Indian-origin wheelchair user was "humiliated and insulted" when he refused to assist her down the ramp at a temple in the city of Leicester.
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Differently-Abled Woman Forced Out Of Wheelchair By Mumbai Airport Staff
A disability rights activist has alleged that she suffered "major cramps" after she was forcefully lifted from her wheelchair by a CISF personnel at the Mumbai airport, a charge denied by the paramilitary force, saying the checks were carried out on her in accordance with the procedure.
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Not Allowed To Board Air India Plane, Alleges Wheelchair Bound Passenger
A wheelchair-bound passenger today alleged he was not allowed to board an Air India flight from Bengaluru to Kolkata on December 17 as he had declined to "remove wires" from the battery of his wheelchair.
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IndiGo Blames Cracks In Floor For Wheelchair Mishap; Airport Authority Calls It A Lie
Two days after Indigo apologised for an incident in which a passenger fell off her wheelchair while being assisted by an employee, the airline today said the mishap resulted from a crack in the floor at the airport. The Airport Authority of India or AAI, however, termed the cause as incorrect and said the reason behind the mishap was "gross neglige...
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Another IndiGo Debacle: Passenger Falls Off Wheelchair
In yet another fiasco, a passenger fell off her wheelchair while being assisted by an employee of IndiGo at Lucknow airport late on Sunday night. The airline has, however, apologised to a passenger in a statement.
 "Air India Fined Rs 30 Lakh After Passenger, Not Given Wheelchair, Dies")
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Woman, 84, Made To Wait Over 3 Hours For Wheelchair At Tarmac Of Delhi Airport
An 84-year-old Parkinson's disease-affected woman had to wait for over three hours for a wheelchair at the tarmac of Delhi airport after her arrival from Jaipur on an Alliance Air flight on Sunday.
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Air India Fined Rs 30 Lakh After Passenger, Not Given Wheelchair, Dies
Air India has been fined Rs 30 lakh after a 80-year-old passenger died at Mumbai's Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport while walking from the plane to the terminal as he was not provided a wheelchair.
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Will Ask Centre To Frame SOPs For Handling Airport Wheelchair Issues: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Monday said it will ask the Centre and others, including the Airport Authority of India (AAI), to frame the standard operating procedures to ensure trouble-free access of airports to persons with disability (PwD).
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"He Didn't Wait For Wheelchair": Air India On 80-Year-Old Passenger's Death At Airport
An 80-year-old man collapsed and died at Mumbai's Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport as he walked from the aircraft to the terminal instead of waiting for a wheelchair.
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"Wheelchair Pre-Boarding Scam" On US Airlines Enrages Passengers
Following the post, numerous other social media users shared their own stories regarding a similar incident.
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80-Year-Old On Wheelchair "Strip-Searched", Airport Personnel Suspended
The CISF has suspended a woman constable after it received a complaint that an 80-year-old wheel-chair bound woman passenger, who had undergone a hip implant, was allegedly strip-searched at the Guwahati airport during security checks on Thursday.
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IndiGo Pilot Suspended For Abusing, Threatening Passenger In Wheelchair
The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has suspended an IndiGo pilot accused for threatening a woman and her elderly mother over providing wheelchair assistanceon a Chennai-Bengaluru flight last month. The decision was taken after examining the pilot's response to a show cause notice issued soon after the incident.
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"Necessary Action Will Be Taken": IndiGo On Pilot's Rant At Two Passengers
Budget carrier IndiGo today said that it is investigating an incident involving its pilot who is accused of verbal abuse and threatening a passenger over request for wheelchair assistance in the plane at the Bengaluru airport. The airline's clarification came a day after Union Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said that his office got in touch w...
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Watch: Pragya Thakur Tells SpiceJet Fliers "First Class Seat My Right"
Two days after a disagreement between BJP MP Pragya Thakur and air staffers over seating arrangements resulted in the delay of a Delhi-Bhopal SpiceJet flight, a video of the incident showed the politician arguing with other passengers over the inconvenience they were being subjected to on her account.
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SpiceJet's Reply After BJP's Pragya Thakur Complains About Seat Allotment
SpiceJet, in its clarification, said BJP leader Pragya Thakur was not allowed to sit on the pre-allotted seat as rules do not allow a "passenger on wheelchair" to be seated in the emergency row due to safety reasons
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UK Driver "Insults" Indian-Origin Passenger With Disabilities, Suspended
A taxi driver in the UK has been suspended "indefinitely" after an elderly Indian-origin wheelchair user was "humiliated and insulted" when he refused to assist her down the ramp at a temple in the city of Leicester.
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Differently-Abled Woman Forced Out Of Wheelchair By Mumbai Airport Staff
A disability rights activist has alleged that she suffered "major cramps" after she was forcefully lifted from her wheelchair by a CISF personnel at the Mumbai airport, a charge denied by the paramilitary force, saying the checks were carried out on her in accordance with the procedure.
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Not Allowed To Board Air India Plane, Alleges Wheelchair Bound Passenger
A wheelchair-bound passenger today alleged he was not allowed to board an Air India flight from Bengaluru to Kolkata on December 17 as he had declined to "remove wires" from the battery of his wheelchair.
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IndiGo Blames Cracks In Floor For Wheelchair Mishap; Airport Authority Calls It A Lie
Two days after Indigo apologised for an incident in which a passenger fell off her wheelchair while being assisted by an employee, the airline today said the mishap resulted from a crack in the floor at the airport. The Airport Authority of India or AAI, however, termed the cause as incorrect and said the reason behind the mishap was "gross neglige...
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Another IndiGo Debacle: Passenger Falls Off Wheelchair
In yet another fiasco, a passenger fell off her wheelchair while being assisted by an employee of IndiGo at Lucknow airport late on Sunday night. The airline has, however, apologised to a passenger in a statement.
