Disabled mum told to 'hurry up' and get on plane in wheelchair row

A DISABLED mum has spoken of her humiliation after being told to 'hurry up' as she was forced to walk across Birmingham Airport's tarmac amid a wheelchair row.

- ISABELLE BATES News Reporter

Dr Jo Winter was flying to Copenhagen with her daughter, Sally, who wanted to visit the city as she might spend time studying abroad there during her upcoming degree.

Jo was looking forward to the trip as she underwent chemotherapy treatment for her multiple sclerosis (MS) in January, which left her housebound for four months.

Keen to get out and explore, she has set up multiple trips this summer and bought a special £1,700 travel wheelchair to help her when out and about.

She says her worst MS symptom is fatigue and the 'chair helps her immensely'.

But as she waited to board her SAS (Scandinavian Airlines System) flight to Copenhagen on July 7 ahead of the seven-day trip, Jo was met with what she described as the 'most humiliating experience of her life'.

She claims that a member of SAS ground crew tagged her wheelchair before taking Jo and Sally down in a lift to wait to board.

Other passengers queued on the stairs and were said to have witnessed another staff member 'removing the tag' and informing Jo that the chair would not be permitted on board the 'full' plane.