Thread: Too Fat To Fly: Obese Woman Dies

RIP .







<<<looks left>>>> <<<<looks right>>>>


come on .... she was nearly an expat !!!


that's what we do on here ? no?

I am surprised that she was allowed to fly on the outward journey.

Since they had a home in Hungary, I am surprised they didn't have a local doctor that was familiar with her condition as well.

The story is open to quite a lot of jokes and leg-pullers which is unfortunate...her condition appears, from the size of her limbs, not to be self inflicted...but I may be wrong.

R.I.P to the poor gal and hope the funeral services are more accommodating....

I'm sure she was tons of fun but my goodness someone must have been pulling her leg to think she could fly...RIP very sad story..

Originally Posted by OhOh

Possibly so, but the airline knew of her condition and accepted her as a passenger. If they thought she was unfit to fly they should have had a doctor examine her, but they don't appear to have done even that, to cover there arse.

Is morbidly obese a reason to ban them from being an airline passengers now? No, the airlines just insist that they purchase, in this case it seems, three seats.

No, they didn't - you missed the part where she gained weight while in Hungary, so even if she was able to fly out, weighing less, the weight gain put her over the limit of the airline being able to deal with it.

Honestly, if people are that obese, they shouldn't fly. If people are at the point of having lost a leg to diabetes, they should tend to their health, not inconvenience others.

Did you note how she refused to see local doctors while in Hungary, and that, effectively, is why she died.

Originally Posted by OhOh

Yes she is fat and only has one and a half legs but the airline managed to board her on the outward journey.

Where did you get that info from ?
maybe she arrived on an cruise ship or an oil tanker or something , or even a different airline .

Originally Posted by OhOh

If they thought she was unfit to fly they should have had a doctor examine her,

you think they would have seen the airline doctor ?,

Originally Posted by opening post

The couple did not opt to see a doctor in Hungary as they felt the staff would not be familiar with her medical needs

And it's not like the airline did not try

Originally Posted by Troy

I am surprised that she was allowed to fly on the outward journey.

She weighed less, as the story implies.

Originally Posted by Troy

Since they had a home in Hungary, I am surprised they didn't have a local doctor that was familiar with her condition as well.

You'd think.

Originally Posted by Troy

The story is open to quite a lot of jokes and leg-pullers which is unfortunate...her condition appears, from the size of her limbs, not to be self inflicted...but I may be wrong.

She looks like the classic case of a person that started eating themselves to death - once you reach a certain level of obesity, contract diabetes, and end up on diabetes drugs -- guess what one of the side effects of those drugs is: weight gain.

It comes down to one of the frequent whine of fat people "how HARD it is to lose weight... it must be genetic!" - no, but the more weight you gain, the harder it is to lose it initially. EVERYONE can lose an obese amount of fat, but it takes following a precise plan and strategy. Shoveling medications into yourself is not the answer.

I bet she took some burning.

"She gained weight while on holiday"

Her husband is a Staten Island Ferry security guard. How much olidays do you think he gets a year? 2-3 weeks?

How can you put that much weight on in a couple of weeks?

Reading the OP - she tried three times to get on planes but was physically unable to get seated. They used the fire brigade on one occassion for goodness sake.

the simple fact is, she did not die through the actions of the airlines. She died through a life time of self abuse by eating her way to death.

It is very american that 'somebody must be to blame", but in this case the responsibility lies firmly with the woman.

.... and I applaud the captain for his decision.

Originally Posted by Bung

Too FAT to fly: Sick American woman dies

Solved that problem.

Originally Posted by kmart

Sucks for her, but just imagine that thing being trollied down the aisle and shoe-horned into the seat next to you for a long-haul flight.?

Render her for soap / glue.

she did it to herself. No sympathy.

She was a leech on society.

And considering she and probably her husband were life time leeches, the tax payer will also have to foot the bill to dig a hole to put her in.

Originally Posted by OhOh

Originally Posted by blue

Where did you get that info from ?
maybe she arrived on an cruise ship or an oil tanker or something , or even a different airline .

"Vilma, who weighed about 425 pounds, had only one leg and used a wheelchair. She traveled with her husband of 33 years to Hungary on Delta and KLM airlines on Sept. 17" NY Post article see OP.

I know reading is difficult.

Originally Posted by blue

you think they would have seen the airline doctor ?,

It would certainly reduce the risk of being sued/cover the airlines arse.

Originally Posted by blue

And it's not like the airline did not try

Ah, the old "we tried our best", tell that to the Titanic passengers. Piss poor airline service which deservedly will cost them.

Wow you are stooping low here. Are you an American by chance ?

Does it make you feel good that you bust your ass every morning and pay taxes to subsidize this fat piece of shit ?

Now you want your air fair jacked up to cover her lawsuit ?

Originally Posted by FailSafe

How'd you like to be waiting for a lavatory to free up and see that roll out?

I mean, I have compassion for a fellow human being, but come on- in an emergency, how the hell is she supposed to get off the plane? She should not have been allowed to fly in the first place- she was too much of a potential liability for fellow passengers, some of whom could have been hurt or killed if they had to spend time leveraging her out a seat out of a sense of responsibility.

She probably flew in cargo on her way to Hungary.

^

Well, she's definitely flying in cargo on the way back.

Originally Posted by nigelandjan

Meanwhile when we arrive back from our days trip around the Island , everyday the drinking club are still all at it from the 10am opening time , to be fair to them , they are pissed as farts , not causing anyone any bother , other than they're own livers .

Tell that to flight attendants, or anyone sitting in the same row than the typical airplane alkie...

Originally Posted by nigelandjan

Its sad to see , but I afraid no one to blame but themselves

Agreed!

Originally Posted by nigelandjan

That poor bit don't really wear Troy

Yeah, you're right! I was feeling far too benevolent last night.

Looks like she couldn't resist the "buy 2 get one free" deals, whether airline seats or 10 course meals. Not sure why the airline didn't force the husband to book her on as excess baggage and throw an upper limit on it...I suppose they could have lopped another limb off as a weight reduction exercise...but it seems that (lack of) mobility rather than weight was the real problem.

As some have suggested , throw these ones in the Baggage bay.

The Bag Bay IS pressurised, This would only work on a wide body jet with the baggage modules. Not the smaller single isle jets.

Take one of these baggage modules and put in a seat rated for say 500lbs, incorporate into seat porta-potty, (so they dont have to get up) in the module have battery for lighting and fan. hookup for seat belt sign (Seat belt would have to be a cargo net) and on board entertainment system. They could even have a mini bar & Galley pre-stocked and self serve so that no flight attendant needs to go down there. May be a video surveillance camera for the crew to check that they are still alive!!!

There we go a self contained "Seat Module" for these over weight people. all legal like and would meet most of the FAA regulations, except for the 90 second evacuation rule, oops. May be not!!!!!


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