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23/10/2012
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São Paulo - Federal prosecutors filed yesterday in Sao Paulo (22) civil action, a preliminary injunction to ensure free transport of wheelchairs for all airlines operating in Brazil. The suit is filed against the National Civil Aviation Agency (ANAC), responsible for the regulation of flights in the country.
Resolution 9/2007 Anac, now in force, requires that wheelchairs are carried free of charge inside the airplane with passengers "when there is space available or will be considered as priority baggage".
"Suffice to say that airlines nonexistent space inside the cabin [which is evident] in order to transport the wheelchairs in the luggage compartment and, therefore, charge values even higher than those of airline tickets for such transportation," says in action, the plaintiff, Attorney Jefferson Aparecido Dias.
In the lawsuit, the attorney asks Anac be forced to change their rules to ensure free shipping and unconditional wheelchairs, "regardless of their weight and location." The MP also asks the agency to enforce and punish the airlines continue charging for shipping.
"By denying the transportation of wheelchair free of charge, under the fallacious argument that 'absent space inside the cabin', airlines, with approval from Anac, clearly violate the fundamental rights of persons with disabilities" says the prosecutor in action.
Source: Agency Brazil
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