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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
National
Beth Lindop & Paige Oldfield

Amputee dad asked if he could 'put leg on' by Manchester Airport staff

A dad with an amputated leg feels "pathetic" after staff at Manchester Airport asked him to "put his leg on" and left him stranded on an empty plane.

David Judd, 54, claims problems started to arise as soon as he arrived at Terminal 2 ahead of his holiday on June 11. David, who needs a wheelchair when he travels, said he has booked assistance at Manchester Airport a number of times before without any issues, but had an "unusually" long wait when he arrived before his flight to Spain.

He told the MEN : “We normally go to Leeds Bradford Airport but we wanted an earlier flight. I took my prosthetic leg off an hour before the flight and put a compression sock on to stop the swelling. When we got there, we had to wait, which is very unusual as normally you’re assisted immediately.

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