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Leyland Cecco in Toronto

Disabled man drags himself off plane after Air Canada fails to offer wheelchair

Air Canada planes are parked at Toronto Pearson Airport in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
Air Canada flight attendant told the couple there wasn’t time to get a wheelchair on board before the plane had to prepare for takeoff again. Photograph: Carlos Osorio/Reuters

Air Canada has been forced to apologize after a man with spastic cerebral palsy was forced to drag himself off a plane when the flagship carrier failed to provide a wheelchair for him.

Rodney Hodgins, 49, a hardware salesman from British Columbia who requires the use of a motorized wheelchair, flew to Las Vegas with his wife, Deanna, to celebrate their anniversary in August.

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