'All I ask is to be able to travel with dignity': Wheelchair user forced to crawl off Ryanair flight in Sweden as he slams 'unacceptable' delay
By Emma Soteriou
A wheelchair user who was forced to "bunny-hop" down metal steps from a plane when no one could help him has said his experience was "unacceptable".Adrian Keogh, from Wicklow in Ireland, was told he would have to wait an hour for assistance after his flight landed at Landvetter Airport in Sweden on Saturday.Mr Keogh, who has a spinal injury following a construction accident, has used a wheelchair since 2015.
He took on board Ryanair's recommendation and decided to crawl off the flight as he was in pain and needed to use the bathroom.Adrian Keogh had to "bunny-hop" down the steps.Mr Keogh's brother offered to carry him down the stairs but he refused as they were "steep, corrugated steel steps" and he felt it would be too dangerous."This is not the first time I've been stuck on a plane after everyone else has disembarked," he went on to say.
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