Limbless woman sues over air ban


A LIMBLESS woman was referred to as "one head, one bottom and one torso" by an airline employee who barred her from a flight, it was claimed today.

Adele Price, 42, of Mansfield, Notts, who was born with birth defects caused by thalidomide, is suing Air France in New York, saying an employee told her she could not board a flight from the UK because she had no arms and legs.

At a press conference, she claimed the staff member told her "one head, one bottom and one torso cannot and will not be allowed to fly on Air France" without help.

She claims she suffered psychological damage and incurred large expenses on the trip from Manchester to New York on August 19, 2000. She had to pay someone to accompany her on the flight, she said.