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Woman forced to remove her artificial legs publicly at airport security checkpoint

Baltimore, Usa - She had permission to accompany her sons to the departure gate

A 44-year-old woman was at Baltimore-Washington international airport not to board a flight but to accompany her sons to the departure gate. She had to pass through security checkpoints anyway and set off the detector when she went through it because she had artificial legs. "I was asked to take my shoes off, but when I said that it was very difficult to remove them because I had put them on very...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 30998
Rome, Italy, 07/12/2002 17:58
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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