This is a total disgrace and it should be illegal, no matter what country it happens in and no excuses should ever be acceptable. Landvetter Airport and the 3rd party company who have been allocted this responsibility have shown no ‘duty of care ‘ and caused much distress to Adrian Keogh and caused him great loss of dignity.
Because these actions of total disregard for passengers who have disabilities are occurring in many airports in various countries the law needs to be under International Law so it is effective in any country. If that coutry does not react accordingly then all air traffic to that country should be suspended until they are prepared to act accordingly.
Extreme actions are required to combat these very disgraceful and disrespective actions occurring ever again.
A wheelchair user who crawled down metal steps from a plane when no-one could help him disembark has described the incident as “unacceptable”.
Adrian Keogh, from Wicklow in the Republic of Ireland, was told assistance would take an hour to arrive after his flight landed at Landvetter Airport in Sweden on Saturday.
Mr Keogh said cabin crew on the Ryanair flight told him he could crawl from the aircraft instead of waiting.
He has used a wheelchair since 2015.
The airport has apologised and Ryanair said it was looking into the incident.
Mr Keogh, who has a spinal injury following a construction accident, told BBC News NI he was not able to wait for an hour for assistance disembarking the plane as he was in pain after the flight and needed to use the bathroom.
He was travelling with his brother who offered to carry him down the stairs but…
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