BEIRUT: A woman in a wheelchair who was prevented from boarding a plane over the weekend by an employee of Lebanon’s Middle East Airlines plans to sue the company, local media reported Monday.
Rola al-Helou, a journalist, said that an MEA employee told her she could not board her flight to Cairo because she was alone, and taunted her, challenging her to get up and walk to prove she was able-bodied. The story sparked outrage after it aired on several local television stations.
Video footage showed Helou crying bitterly and as she explained how hurt she had been by the incident, adding that she travels by herself often.
Helou is reportedly planning to go through with a discrimination lawsuit despite an apology issued by MEA.
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