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Wheelchair-bound man dies after Air India refuses him boarding pass
Updated On: 11 July, 2019 10:27 AM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
The deceased's family tried to file a complaint of negligence against the airline on Tuesday, but the formalities could not be completed till late evening due to some missing documents.

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A wheelchair-bound 49-year-old, on his way to Mangalore on Tuesday morning to see a doctor for a spinal cord injury, died at the Mumbai airport. The deceased identified as William Fernandes, who worked as a nurse in Tel Aviv and a father of two, had flown down especially to seek treatment for an injury impacting his leg. William Fernandes's family was waiting for him at the Mangalore airport with an ambulance to take him to a hospital.
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