Wheelchair Bound Ryanair Passenger Injured On Birmingham Flight

An ongoing Personal Injury battle for Mr Rooney who sustained a broken arm during a Ryanair flight and continues to live with life-long struggles. 

Mr Rooney, a wheelchair bound passenger onboard a Ryanair flight was accompanied by his friend from Birmingham to Portugal. Mr Rooney suffers with a disabling condition (Spinal Muscular Atrophy) which means that he has limited mobility and is only able to use his right hand.

What was meant to be a holiday celebrating his birthday, resulted in a broken arm before the plane had even touched down in Portugal.

Hear how the series of events unfolded resulting in Mr Rooney being left with life-long consequences.

As a result of the in-flight ordeal with Ryanair, Mr Rooney is experiencing daily struggles.

An Interview with Mr Rooney:

He said: “I used to be able to feed myself before the accident. But since I broke my arm.. I’ve basically lost the ability to feed myself now."

“I struggle to use my phone now because my arm doesn’t do what it was doing before the accident."

“The specialist said under normal circumstances he would recommend it be pinned or plated. But because of my condition they don’t want to put me under anaesthetic."

“It’s made me not want to fly again."

Needless to say, Mr Rooney wanted to take legal action and our specialist Personal Injury solicitor, Ian Hass helped Mr Rooney send a formal complaint to Ryanair. Upon sending the complaint, we chased a response but no response was given.

After the GB Paralympic Matt Byrne recently being refused access to fly we are very concerned with their attitude to disabled passengers and have been asked to pursue legal action on behalf of Mr Rooney.