Flight issues

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Siwheels73

I have just seen an article on the BBC News website about a guy, with a wheelchair, on a flight who "was forced to crawl" to get off the aircraft.

When you read deeper into the story, he was booked on a Ryanair flight which arrived at the dead of night in the airport, and the Handling company providing disabled assistance were short-staffed at such a time, and the man got bored waiting and CHOSE to try to get off the aircraft, rather than sitting tight, having a chat with the crew, and waiting.

Scope have been quoted as saying how dreadful it was, but it was the person concerned choice to disembark himself, and someone was obviously savvy enough to think of making a story out of it because a family member took a photo of him "struggling down the aircraft steps". Whilst I support Scope wholeheartedly in their campaigning usually, I believe the story in the article has been written with facts missed out.

 1. The person concerned chose the cheapest flight concerned, and must have known the timings. 2. He must have realised that the Disabled Assistance would have been reduced in the dead of night. 3. He chose, rather than was forced, to leave the aircraft rather than waiting due to being impatient and a little arrogant, I would say.

I guess Scope were asked for a quote, but I wonder why they commented at all without doing their own research into the matter.

Kimi87

I read the article too- the man felt he didn't have a choice about leaving the plane because he was in pain following the flight and needed the toilet. Pretty good reasons not to be sitting on the plane for another hour. And something you haven't included in your post.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-65450219