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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Travel
Chelsea Ritschel

Woman accuses Singapore Airlines of discriminating against her for being amputee

Isabella Beale / Getty

A woman has accused Singapore Airlines of discriminating against her for being an amputee, alleging that the airline humiliated her by ushering her out of the emergency exit row.

Isabella Beale, 23, from Australia, was travelling to Europe in January with her family aboard a Singapore Airlines flight when she took her seat in an emergency exit row. However, according to Beale, who is a congenital amputee without a left forearm, she was immediately approached by a flight attendant, who allegedly told her to “get out” of the seat.

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