MARISSA BODE WAS 'DENIED BOARDING A FLIGHT BECAUSE I'M DISABLED. (PHOTO).

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 Marissa Bode was 'denied boarding a flight because I'm disabled' Marissa Bode, best known for her role in Wicked, shared on TikTok that she was recently denied boarding a Southern Airways flight because of her wheelchair.  She explained that when she asked gate agents for help locating her boarding pass, they questioned whether she could stand.  After she said no, they told her she could not board since all of the airline’s planes require passengers to climb stairs.  Bode described the experience as “blatant segregation,” criticizing the airline for failing to accommodate disabled travelers. Southern Airways’ contract of carriage states that passengers must be able to ascend and descend steps to board, and because its planes carry fewer than 28 passengers, the airline is exempt from providing lifts under the Air Carrier Access Act.  However, Bode said her manager had confirmed with the airline beforehand that she would be accommodated, making the denial even mo...

SECURITY EVACUATE MAN FROM IBOM AIR FLIGHT AFTER SAYING TINUBU MUST NOT BE SWORN-IN.(PHOTOS).


Security evacuate man from Ibom Air flight after saying Tinubu must not be sworn-in

April 1, 202302

Some security agents, on Friday evening, removed a yet-to-be-identified passenger from an Ibom Air flight over unruly behavior before the take-off.
According to PUNCH, the man reportedly shouted on the airplane that on no account should the President-elect, Bola Tinubu be sworn in as Nigerian leader.

His strange behavior attracted the attention of other passengers and flight attendants who called in some security personnel and forcibly removed him from the plane.

As the man struggled with the security men, he kept on shouting that ‘Obidients’ were looking at him being manhandled in the plane.

However, no one could come close to him as officials of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria and Ibom Air surrounded him.



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