Blind air passenger sees victory
Published: 29 April, 2009, 05:53
Russian airline S7 is to pay compensation to a partially-sighted passenger it turned away from boarding a domestic flight in February.
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Published: 29 April, 2009, 05:53
Russian airline S7 is to pay compensation to a partially-sighted passenger it turned away from boarding a domestic flight in February.