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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Politics
Cait Kelly

‘Second-class citizen’: man lifted on to plane as Darwin airport had no ramp for wheelchair users

Jetstar planes
A passenger who uses a wheelchair says he had to be lifted across a gap in the air bridge at Darwin Airport to board his Jetstar flight. Photograph: William West/AFP/Getty Images

An Australian man has said he was made to feel like a “second-class citizen” by being lifted on to a Jetstar flight in Darwin, as disability advocates call for a complete overhaul of the way airlines treat passengers.

Brad Wszola, 50, suffered a spinal cord injury in 2016. He uses a wheelchair, but was not able to navigate the gap between the air bridge and the plane when boarding a Jetstar flight from Darwin to Cairns on 12 August.

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