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South African airline sorry over Paralympic Pillay's prosthesis

Updated on: 22 September,2016 08:00 AM IST  | 
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South Africa's national airline SAA has apologised to the country's Paralympic medallist Tyrone Pillay after he was stopped from boarding a flight with his spare prosthetic leg, a spokesman said yesterday

South African airline sorry over Paralympic Pillay's prosthesis

Tyrone Pillay

Tyrone Pillay
Tyrone Pillay


Johannesburg: South Africa's national airline SAA has apologised to the country's Paralympic medallist Tyrone Pillay after he was stopped from boarding a flight with his spare prosthetic leg, a spokesman said yesterday.


The incident happened on Tuesday as Pillay was returning from the Paralympic Games in Rio De Janeiro, where he won a bronze medal in shot put.


The medallist revealed on Twitter that a South African Airways (SAA) staffer had stopped him from boarding a flight from Johannesburg to Durban.

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