Japanese airline apologise after disabled man pulls himself up stairs to plane

A Japanese airline has apologised for making a wheelchair user hoist himself up a staircase from the tarmac to board his flight.

Japanese airline apologise after disabled man pulls himself up stairs to plane

A Japanese airline has apologised for making a wheelchair user hoist himself up a staircase from the tarmac to board his flight.

Hideto Kijima faced the problem earlier this month while returning to Osaka from the southern island of Amami with friends.

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