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For a person without disabilities it is easy right! Hahaha

The guy who went up is not a quadriplegic, you have total balance control. A spinal cord injured person changes everything; especially on the descent, as you do not need to recline the chair back.

oh 0o0

I'd like to see the whole video & that 3rd chairs attempt to go up that.

I am due to get a new wheelchair and I am REALLY really really hoping I get a permobil. From what I've seen and read about it, it's just a better quality chair than the others. Hope I can get one.

Dear Traveler, I just read your comment and I could not believe to my eyes. I was on that plane too and sitting directly close to the blind guy. You did not understand anything at all or you are faking (for which purpose?). The bling guy did not open the overhead compartment for taking his cane.. He had his telescopic white cane in his pocket and he desplayed it only for walking towards the pilot cabin. He was not swinging his cane at all. You could not even evaluate how tall he was (he is 6 feet, not more). It seems to me that you were frightened and so you could not properly judge the situation. Are you the same poor scared Troas who sent this item to RUclips? Everything that you wrote is wrong. The flight was far later than an hour and we had received no explanation about what was happpening. Even the detail that the blind guy was a professor is wrong. No newspaper said that. He was a frelance conference interpreter for the UE Commission in Brussels. And,,as an answer to other commentators, he is neither Belgian nor American.

I have a TDX SP right now and I'm just getting ready to upgrade to a Permobil f3 within a month. Can't wait!

This is an extremely late reply to this video, but I just found this clip. I was a on this flight sitting just a few rows away, and witnessed the whole scenario from beginning to end. I remember this experience well, and still talk about it when the subject of air travel comes up. First and foremost, the flight was only one hour late due to a mechanical problem. The lights had been dimmed for evening travel, so the cabin was pretty dark. While the aircraft was taxing to the runway this man was yelling loudly and complaining that he wanted the plane to take off right now. No one knew he was blind. He stood up and was about 6' 4" tall. He opened the overhead compartment and took out his guide cane and started swinging it around as he yelled he wanted us to take off now! A female f/a approached him, also not knowing he was blind, and he started swinging it towards her. Next, a male f/a saw the commotion and arrived from the front of the cabin. They both were trying to reason with him to put the cane away and sit in his seat, as they dodged his cane. They said it was against regulations to be up and and standing with the overhead compartment open while the aircraft was moving. They told him the plane was making it's way to the front of the line to take off. The man was adamant and would not comply. He keep screaming he wanted to take off now, swinging the cane around, barely missing people's heads, as he continued to become more and more aggravated. The male f/a told the female f/a to call the captain and inform him of the situation while he continued to reason with this irate man. The man was completely unreasonable and would not sit down and continued to swing the guide cane. In the crew's eyes the cane could cause an injury and this man was a major disruption to the flight. This is what ultimately caused the crew to make the decision to go back to the gate and have this man removed. They didn't want a person with this explosive disposition on an eight hour flight. Once the captain announced they were going back to the gate the man sat down, but continued yelling. The bottom line is he was a danger to both the crew and passengers. It was because of him the flight was further delayed. There was an article the next day in the Philadelphia Inquirer describing the story. Ironically, it turns out this man was a professor at a university in Brussels. He actually bit one of the policemen on the hand. Not the behavior one would expect of a college professor. He was arrested and put in jail. In closing, anyone who flies often knows that there are many variables in air travel, i.e., weather, traffic, etc. If you ask me, blind or not, he deserved what he got.

i'd be upset if i was blind too

In europe you have to have lights by law so thats why they don't charge for it. I bet the chair is $1000. more in Europe is how they work around that.

Something is funky with that TDX. I think mine would go up that path without too much trouble. Looks like that battery is low or the electronics are funky. My main reason I say this is because the tires would spin

why does permobil charge $1,000 dollars for the led light kit but in Europe it comes with the purchase of the chair

I have the permobil m300 and it came with out the light kit package which cost $1.000 but in Europe it's free but its still a good chair

I meant I love my m300

I love my m30°

This man had mental issues. He did not act that way for being blind, if you think so please go look up what blind means, because clearly you do not know. Also he was miss treated you do not go up to a blind person and do something to them. I can't tell you how many times I've been shuvved through doors and treated like a child. The officer was in the wrong, and I hope he got fired.

@troas76 of course you can resit arrest if you do not know why you are being arrested. However yea def that guy was immature, and I personally think most of PA people act like immature spoiled brats, they feel like they deserve everything, and everything should be done at their very demand.

Never, Never, Never scream at the police, your boss, your teacher, someone that has power over you :) i've never seen anyone winning with the powerful ones. simple-you scream at the police, you get fine, or will be treated with the paralyzer. your boss - you will not get promoted, or will just be fired from the work. teacher - you get bad grades ( usually ). you always loose :) thats why i'm always quiet, and humble :) and most of the times win!

charge---disrupting the peace. not following direction of air crew. being general stuck up arrogant angry guy.

why didn't they just tell him the flight HAD taken off?

ik zal niet roepen gelijk een debiel. Ik geef die flikke gewoon "nen toek oep hun bakkes" en ik ben weg.

they were trying to make him leave, because he was yelling like an insane person on a plane full of people... i guess this is acceptable where you are from?

haha

Fucking shit rools and restrictions from a shit country. Because of this shit country america it becames a hell to fly with everywhere that bulshit security mafia!!!

The dumber they are the more formal their reaction. 'Sir would you please calm down', 'Sir we have rules', 'Sir we have to act according to the regulations'. 'Sir, sir, sir, sir........'.

This was on Dutch television I think it's funny

en weer een bewijs voor hoe dom jullie zijn. De kans dat jij mij tegenkomt is zo klein, en dat nog weet je niets van mij. En alleen domme mensen gebruiken geweld... Dus typisch belgen.. Daarom flipt die blinde belg hem ook.. DOM DOM DOM

domme hollander dan

Nee kluns, de -4 bij je opmerking slaat op het feit dat jij een gebeurtenis waar mensen hun familie of vrienden hebben verloren op een sarcastische manier gebruikt bij dit prut filmpje..

Het groot licht van Nederland.

otrfalcon ik weet niet wat jij lult maar hij is amerikaans

Typisch Nederlanders; zelf hebben ze het over die "domme Belgen" als een blinde Belg (met Italiaanse roots overigens, maar dat ontgaat die "intelligente" Nederlanders blijkbaar) boos wordt op het vliegtuig, maar als je dan eens iets terug zegt, dan zijn ze op hun tenen getrapt. (cf. de -4 bij dit bericht) Wij hebben hier een gezegde: wie kaatst moet de bal verwachten. Blijkbaar staat dat niet in de Nederlanders hun woordenboek.

ga terug naar markokko, allochtoon

randdebiel

domme hollander

Well, I think the gate agent was already too nice. Good that they take this shouting weirdo from the plane. The Philly Police was also very nice with this misbehaving passenger.

Stommen Belg!

stommen hollander als ik u tegen kom sla ik al u tanden uit u mond. me hollanders zult ge da nie tegen komen e want die zijn veel te GIERING om op reis te gaan

Ik schaam me om Belg te zijn. Ik had veel liever in een land gewoond waar op Koninginnedag een auto in het publiek rijdt.

the man was right. As usual the american make a lot more out of it than it really was. The man just wanted to get off the plane. LET HIM!!!! And then cuff him? How nuts are those Americans?? They make it a lot worse by doing that. Look how they treat that poor man. He's blind for goodness sakes!!!!! Couple of hero's. I'm surprised they didn't 'zap' him.

The man was absolutely right. You can hear him say the plane was supposed to leave at 8.30 and it was now 10 o"clock. No wonder he wanted to get off. I find him staying very polite.

Nicola Cantisani? Is geen Belgische naam.Onnozele klootzak!!!!!

echt altijd weer die belgen he.... zo dom volk

being grateful? he payed for the plane to be on time

Do not go to the Fourth Reich then this doesn't happen!

These people should not be on airplanes. The staff handled him correctly. And fuck all you anti amerika imbeciles.

i would be affraid to with technical problems i want to get out too....poor man

first he wanted to get off becaus he was scared, and when they want to take him off he refuses.. I don't understand..

I fully agree with you, you say it in the right words.

Team America Strikes again! Arresting a freightened blind old man. Have fun waterboarding!