Disabled passenger forced by Japanese airline to crawl up stairs to board plane

Vanilla Air apologises after staff prevent friends from assisting member of a disability non-profit organisation An airline in Japan has apologised to a passenger with disabilities who was forced to crawl up a flight of stairs to board his plane.Hideto Kijima, who uses a wheelchair, had to hoist himself from the runway at a tiny airport on the resort island of Amami up to the aircraft door, after staff at Vanilla Air refused to allow his friends to carry him aboard. Continue reading...