Australian Paralympian Karni Liddell has urged airlines to improve the way they treat travellers with a disability after she was blocked from boarding a flight with her wheelchair to attend a work event in the Whitsundays.
Liddell was due to board a Jetstar flight from Brisbane to Proserpine to attend a domestic violence workshop as a speaker on Wednesday when she was told by ground staff she couldn’t take her wheelchair, which contains a lithium battery.
Liddell said she had a dangerous goods certificate issued by both Qantas and Jetstar but was told she needed to give five days’ notice and fill in additional documents to transport her wheelchair on the flight.The Paralympic swimmer, who claims to have been prevented from boarding Qantas and Jetstar flights on multiple occasions because of her mobility aid, said she was tired of travellers with disabilities not being treated like people.
Liddell said she had been inundated with messages from other travellers with similar experiences after sharing her ordeal on social media. She encouraged her supporters to complain to Qantas and Jetstar.
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