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  "id": 1660578,
  "title": "Disability advocate left humiliated after being booted off flight",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/disability-advocate-left-humiliated-after-being-booted-off-flight-1660578",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-18T07:06:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Age",
    "slug": "the-age",
    "url": "https://www.theage.com.au/national/disability-advocate-left-humiliated-after-being-booted-off-flight-20260818-p60ph4.html?ref=rss"
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  "summary": "A disability advocate says he was left humiliated, degraded and on the verge of tears after being kicked off a Virgin flight.",
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        "outlet": "ABC News AU",
        "title": "Disability advocate removed from Virgin flight over wheelchair motor dispute",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/disability-advocate-removed-from-virgin-flight-over-wheelchair-motor",
        "published": "2026-08-18T03:34:21.000Z"
      },
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        "outlet": "The Sydney Morning Herald",
        "title": "Man ‘humiliated’ after being kicked off Virgin flight",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/man-humiliated-after-being-kicked-off-virgin-flight",
        "published": "2026-08-18T04:25:38.000Z"
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        "outlet": "The Age",
        "title": "Man ‘humiliated’ after being kicked off Virgin flight",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/man-humiliated-after-being-kicked-off-virgin-flight-1632425",
        "published": "2026-08-18T04:25:38.000Z"
      }
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}