El secretario de Transporte, Pete Buttigieg, dijo que American Airlines “parece ser uno de los transgresores más flagrantes”, pero los problemas “no se limitan a una sola aerolínea”.
DALLAS — El gobierno estadounidense impuso una multa de 50 millones de dólares a American Airlines por no ofrecer sillas de ruedas a personas con discapacidades y por dañar miles de esas sillas en un período de cinco años. El Departamento de Transporte dijo que “en algunos casos”, los usuarios de sillas de ruedas resultaron lastimados, pero no dio una cifra. American dijo que ha hecho inversiones significativas para mejorar su manejo de sillas de ruedas.
El secretario de Transporte, Pete Buttigieg, dijo que American Airlines “parece ser uno de los transgresores más flagrantes”, pero los problemas “no se limitan a una sola aerolínea”. Añadió que el departamento ha lanzado investigaciones contra otras aerolíneas, pero no las nombró. “La era en que se toleraba el maltrato a usuarios de sillas de ruedas en aeropuertos ha acabado”, declaró Buttigieg a reporteros.
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