South African airline sorry over Paralympic Pillay's prosthesis

South Africa's national airline SAA has apologised to the country's Paralympic medallist Tyrone Pillay after he was stopped from boarding a flight with his spare prosthetic leg, a spokesman said yesterday

Tyrone Pillay

Johannesburg: South Africa's national airline SAA has apologised to the country's Paralympic medallist Tyrone Pillay after he was stopped from boarding a flight with his spare prosthetic leg, a spokesman said yesterday.

The incident happened on Tuesday as Pillay was returning from the Paralympic Games in Rio De Janeiro, where he won a bronze medal in shot put.

The medallist revealed on Twitter that a South African Airways (SAA) staffer had stopped him from boarding a flight from Johannesburg to Durban.

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