Ryanair slammed for removing blind people from plane
Disabilities campaigners and consumer groups have slammed Ryanair for removing a group of blind people from one of its planes.
Reports this morning said the nine passengers were sitting on the plane in Stansted when they were told they would have to disembark.
The reports said the move was linked to a Ryanair safety regulation that allows no more than four "disabled" people on any flight.
However, one of the group had reportedly telephoned the airline eight months before the flight to check there would be no problems.
Responding to the news, Dermot Jewell of the Consumers Association said the Ryanair policy was "extraordinary".
"It diminishes the rights of the passenger, particularly when passengers were not ever advised that there was a potential for this to happen," he said.
"It creates a very serious problem in relation to the opportunity or the lack of opportunity for the disabled to travel."
