United Airlines Faces Backlash Over Treatment of Disabled Child's Life-Saving Equipment

Woman Says United Airlines Crew Tried to Remove 2-Year-Old Son's Ventilator Before Flight

Melissa Sotomayor described her ordeal with three different flight attendants and a pilot as "ridiculous"Melissa Sotomayor; Nicolas Economou/NurPhoto via Getty Melissa Sotomayor, United Airline planeA mother is warning all parents and caregivers after a troubling experience with United Airlines involving her “medically complex” son.Last week, Melissa Sotomayor shared a 10-minute TikTok video calling out the airline for its treatment of her and h…

Mother says airline told her she had to take son off breathing machine before takeoff

United Airlines has apologized to a mother who claims her son was asked to remove his breathing machine during a flight. The incident has sparked outrage online

By Aaron Cooper, CNN United Airlines has apologized to a mother who says the flight crew asked her to take her son off his ventilator before they could take off. “The way my son was treated as we were trying to fly home from Tampa to Newark was absolutely ridiculous,” Melissa Sotomayor said in a nearly 10-minute TikTok video that has so far garnered more than 1.3 million views. Her nearly 2-year-old son, Noah, has a “complex medical condition” a…

Mother in viral video says airline told her she had to take son off breathing machine before takeoff

United Airlines is apologizing to a mother who says a flight crew asked her to remove her son from his breathing machine before they could take off.

United Airlines apologizes after crew tells mother to remove son’s ventilator

A mother from New Jersey said that the flight crew on board a recent United Airlines flight instructed her to remove her child’s ventilator and tracheostomy tube and to stow the medical equipment so the flight could take off.

United Airlines apologizes to woman who says crew asked her to remove son's ventilator: report

United Airlines has apologized to Melissa Sotomayor after the mother made a now-viral TikTok video recounting how a flight crew mistreated her and her son.