To be amazed this family were allowed on the flight (Ryanair)

I once became very ill during a flight vomiting etc I believe they managed to move the other person in our row. I absolutely do not believe I would have been allowed to fly had that actually started in the airport preflight ( quite rightly)

I was a mum in this situation but we were actually on the flight. For whatever reason we had been queuing a long time in the tunnel that takes you to the plane. We were in Dalaman coming home and it was so hot. DD did say when queuing that she was hot and felt sick, but so did I tbh as it was so warm. After 40 minutes we were sat in our seats and DD fell asleep instantly, which at 10 years old I did think was unusual. 15 minutes later we’re starting to taxi and she was soooo sick. Literally went everywhere. Luckily, it was only water but still, not good. The crew were in their seats so I used her blanket to clean everything up, DD fell back asleep.

In the air I called the crew for sick bags, and they did help clean things up. This was Jet2, and they were really helpful. The sickness continued throughout the flight, and they would actually come and take the sick bags off me to dispose of them. It was a very long 4 hours, which didn’t end even when we got home. It turned out to be Covid, and even though Covid restrictions were long gone, I did inform Jet2 as soon as I found out so if necessary, they could alert anyone (not sure if they did).

One thing the crew member did say however, is that if she had vomited in the tunnel, or in the entrance to the aircraft, they would not have let her travel. Said it was their policy, and that I would have needed to say in Dalaman whilst my other dd and partner flew home. And tbh, I think that is the right thing to do. My DD had Covid (no other symptoms), and could have taken the whole plane down with her and I felt terrible. So in this instance, I would feel the same as OP.

Well I think you can look at a child and see that they look feverish. But also if you’re on a flight near the family for several hours, you could hear them mention it (“he feels very warm, do we have any calpol” or whatever)

But OP is talking about a young child who also had a fever, and wasn’t in a moving vehicle.
And food poisoning is often just a guess in the sense that if you have a young child vomiting, you’re really just hoping it’s a food poisoning cause that is less contagious (but still not actually not contagious).

Did RyanAir charge for the sick bags.

That's a euro fifty please.......

Playing Devils advocate for a minute one of the problems here is in an increasingly letigious society the airlines need to be at least a little careful about denying boarding.

Someone known to have a contagious disease is an easy one because many port/national health authorities deny individuals travel in those circumstances...

Being drunk on an aircraft is in itself an offence so the airline has legal top cover there..

Other than that it's perhaps less clear cut.

I think a lot of folks think airlines have almost unlimited powers to deny boarding but the reality is they (or the crew) do have to be able to justify the decision if someone decides to challenge it.

This happened to us too a few years ago flying to Kefalonia. Across the way from another family where child was repeatedly sick throughout the flight. We did not catch anything thankfully.

"From a medical POV being known to have a contagious disease is a clear cut solid reason for the crew to deny boarding, other than that it's a judgement call by those responsible."

And yet plenty of people now board and go on holiday with COVID and the like then it's got to live with risk, trust your immune system etc.

This is a similar scenario just with more obvious symptoms...

I would write to Ryanair and complain that this was a public health hazard, and that whilst you sympathise with the family and the poor child airlines have a duty of care to all their passengers and shouldn't have allowed a clearly unwell passenger onboard.

Bringing a bug on the outbound flight is “I don’t want to miss my holiday”

Bringing a bug on the homebound flight is “ I no longer have any accommodation and need to get home for work and other responsibilities”

They are slightly different scenarios.

The Mum said 'it is such a shame he has a bug at the start of our holiday'. Who genuinely speaks like this?! It isn't a natural way to speak at all.

clearly had a fever If there are any clinicians here, could I ask, genuinely, why are thermometers used if one can "clearly see" a fever? Surely it would make raking someone's temperature a total waste of time?

But you travelled back with a contagious child no problem!

Another own goal from the Ryanair head the balls 🤦🏻‍♀️

I wish they would bring back better controls about people boarding a flight. I also wish that people would understand their own situation a bit better, and adjust their plans to suit rather than expecting around them to just "suck it up". I get that now and again people (and particularly children, people with allergies, pregnant women, travel sick people) can throw up unexpectedly. Made worse these days because many airlines don't have sick bags (so airlines need to sort this, and people need to sort this by being prepared). I travel a lot, and have recently had a woman next to me, who I suspect was frightened of flying, and it hit some turbulence, she was sick, and then seem to pass out completely with her eyes rolling back in her head. it was awful, the seatbelt signs were on and the cabin crew properly strapped in (fair enough, but what do you do?). I have also had a man who clearly had had too much to drink and pissed himself. It's grim for all concerned. There are plenty of stories about planes that have had to land unexpectedly. (mainly drunk air-rage) I am not sure some of it isn't avoidable if everyone put their minds to it. And yes, the situation you describe OP sounds awful, for you and the child concerned xx

I don’t understand why so many people think food poisoning isn’t contagious. The bacteria/virus (I.e salmonella, E. coli, norovirus) that is causing the vomiting and diarrhoea associated with food poisoning can absolutely be passed on through person to person contact or via contaminated surfaces. Norovirus is a cause of food poisoning and spreads like wild fire!

I won’t use Ryan Air anymore. Always something unpleasant.

No. Me neither but this was the advice given by a doctor at the medical centre… an injection and loperamide to stop the 💩 💩 💩

My youngest dd threw up in the hire car on the way back to the airport. But she wasn’t contagious, she had an ear infection!

Page 3 and already 3 people suffering from emetophobia… which affects 0.1% of the UK population 🙄

We got up early one morning to leave for the airport for a transatlantic flight - three weeks holiday and visiting family planned.

I realised my four year old had vomited on the bedroom floor at some point in the night. He had no fever but was very pale and queasy. Wondering what many of the posters on this thread would have done…

Did you know salmonella and E. Coli (common food poisoning) is contagious

Our situation sounds similar to yours, but only one child being sick. Not sure if it was that trip but think we did gradually all become ill one after the other! But we did not know that at the start.

It's funny you saying this as it has reminded me of a time when we went to Australia and my son was young - cant remember what age but between 2 and 4 as we went a few times. Anyway my son was sick before we even got in the taxi to the airport and then was sick a number of times after this such that my partner had to buy new shorts in Dubai. Now that i read these comments i think of course it is awful but at the time we never really thought about it!

There were 5 of us going to Australia for Christmas flights booked and he was not unwell until being sick right as we left. It didnt really give us time to think is he ill, should we fly etc. We just got in the taxi and went on our way.

Well yes. As the poster said, it's deeply unpleasant for others - passengers and crew.
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