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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Lifestyle
Amber Raiken

Woman says she was told not to breastfeed on flight because it would make passengers ‘uncomfortable’

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People are coming to a woman’s defence after she claimed that she was told not to breastfeed on a plane because it would make other travellers “uncomfortable”.

Chelsea Williams took to Facebook on 7 August to describe what she says was her experience with TUI Airways, a British airline owned by the TUI Group. She claimed that while she was in her seat during a recent flight and breastfeeding her child, one of the plane’s crew members told her to stop.

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