Livingston woman ‘appalled, embarrassed’ after being removed from Frontier flight for medical device
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HOUSTON – A woman was removed from a Frontier Airlines flight that was getting ready to take off from Houston’s George Bush Intercontinental Airport on Monday evening.
Tonya Roehl and her husband were already in their seats aboard Flight 4181 to Phoenix, AZ, when a Frontier Airlines staff member came up to them, informing Tonya that her medical device wouldn’t be allowed on the plane.
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She wears a Wearable Cardiac Defibrillator (WDC) for a recently diagnosed heart condition.
AWearableCardiacDefibrillatorisaportabledevicethatmonitorsanddeliverselectricalshocks,ifnecessary,topreventsuddencardiacdeath.
TheZollMedicalLifeVest4000isTonya’slifelineifherheartgivesout.
Beforeshegotontheplane,shenotifiedTSAandFrontierAirlinesticketagentsthatshehadthedevice,RoehlwrotetoKPRC2.It’sonlyaftershegotontheplanethatthedevicebecameaproblem,shesays.
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