The year-old Arkansas boy with autism was booted from a flight from Spirit Airlines on Monday for not wearing a mask, despite a doctor’s note that the airline had accepted him on a flight to his destination.
The experience ruined little Carter Kimball, his mother says.
What are the details?
KTHV-TV spoke to Call Lee Kimball, who told the outlet that her husband and son, Carter, were kicked off a Dallas return flight after visiting the family in Las Vegas.
Kie Lee explained that she and her husband have flown many times with Carter, who is seriously autistic and non-verbal and who likes planes.
Carter’s physician provided him with a letter to carry while traveling stating that Carter was exempt from the mask order due to his disability. According to Lee, when Carter wears a mask, “when it starts to come out right,” “catches his breath,” and “hurts himself.”
She said the Little Rock family had always been flying on Spirit Airlines and never had a problem until Monday, when an airline employee informed them once and for all that “autism is not a disability” and “she has to wear a mask or have a plane.” To descend. ”
To make matters worse, when Carter and his father were kicked, the airline did not allow Carter’s babysitter – who was traveling with them – to help Carter – de-border the plane with them.
Trapped in Dallas, the father and son were able to grab a flight home from American Airlines in the American 1000 out of pocket, and the American accepts Carter’s medical note. But the Kimball family is still running out of money for the Spirit return flight, which led to their dismissal, and the airline has not responded to their request for a return.
The mother said, “So we have taken out all our flights, a thousand rupees and we have a son who has now beaten that he likes to throw all his planes down,” the mother told KTHV.
Anything else
Carter is not the first young autistic child to have trouble with Spirit Airlines.
Last September, a family in Chicago said the airline sent a letter banning-year-old Sebastian Lewis while he was wearing a mask on a return flight.
During a layover, the family says, spirit personnel de-boarded the entire plane and filed a police report against the family.
According to WFLD-TV, Spirit argued that the family was using profanity and not cooperating.
Regardless, the outlet report:
Spirit said in a statement that they need to wear a face mask throughout the flight. The only exceptions are children under 2 years of age. Passengers unable to wear them for any reason, including medical, will not be able to fly Spirit.
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