General News of Monday, 7 May 2018Source: citifmonline.comWe didn’t discriminate against passenger with disability – Africa WorldRita Kriba was denied passage onto the plane because of her disabilityAfrica World Airlines Limited (AWA), has denied the claim that its staff discriminated against a person with disability by preventing her from boarding a flight she had paid for. AWA believes the unfortunate incident may have been the result of a series of miscommunication that begun when the plane ticket was purchased by the aggrieved customer, Rita Kirba. Rita needs the crutches to help her move around because of her mobility challenges, and she told Citi News that she felt she was denied passage onto the plane because of her disability. The Airline assured that it is their standard practice “to ask all passengers whether they would need assistance during the reservation process. “To set the records straight, our aircraft type has structural limitations for carrying certain categories of wheelchair passengers, as such, it is boldly written at all our sales points and in our terms of carriage that we only accept WCHR category (wheelchair passenger who needs assistance on only the ramp) of wheelchair passengers.

Source: GhanaWeb May 07, 2018 20:15 UTC