New Delhi: A differently-abled teacher from Patiala School for Deaf and Blind was deplaned from a Thiruvananthapuram-bound IndiGo fight on Wednesday morning as he was unattended. This was done despite an earlier clarification that IndiGo services will help him fly unattended. IndiGo flew him to his destination by another flight later in the day after he refused to leave the airport.
Aney Mathew, a teacher at the Patiala school, was helped onto IndiGo flight No 6E-149 slated to take off at 11.50 am on Wednesday. He was, however, helped out of the plane because he was unattended and all the crew on the flight were women. They reportedly said they would not be able to assist him to the loo.
Aney Mathew’s friend Col Karminder Singh (retd) had booked his tickets two days ago. Singh, who heads the Society for Welfare of the Handicapped, which oversees the functioning of the school in Patiala, said he had spoken to IndiGo officials before booking the tickets about Aney flying unattended.
04/06/15 Sarah Hafeez/Indian Express
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Aney Mathew, a teacher at the Patiala school, was helped onto IndiGo flight No 6E-149 slated to take off at 11.50 am on Wednesday. He was, however, helped out of the plane because he was unattended and all the crew on the flight were women. They reportedly said they would not be able to assist him to the loo.
Aney Mathew’s friend Col Karminder Singh (retd) had booked his tickets two days ago. Singh, who heads the Society for Welfare of the Handicapped, which oversees the functioning of the school in Patiala, said he had spoken to IndiGo officials before booking the tickets about Aney flying unattended.
04/06/15 Sarah Hafeez/Indian Express
