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The Independent UK
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Helen Coffey

Air Canada fined over £50,000 after disabled passenger forced to drag himself off plane

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Air Canada has been fined C$97,500 (£58,075) after a disabled passenger had to drag himself off a plane because wheelchair assistance had not been provided.

The incident occurred on 30 August, when Rodney Hodgins, who has spastic cerebral palsy, was flying with the airline from Vancouver in Canada to Las Vegas in the US.

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