Flying with broken wrist ryanair

silverhairgranny

hi
i broke my wrist on the 8th nov, now have pins as well as a plaster. flying on the 12th dec, nearly 5 weeks later and will still be in plaster but it will be a removable one. do i need a doctors letter to fly. advice please.
thank you

Smiley82

Hi

I flew back from Switzerland holidays with a broken wrist (along with pins & plaster) after breaking my wrist snowboarding.

They didn't need a letter, and mine had only been broken about 6 days at this stage.

This wasn't with Ryanair, but I would assume they are all similar? I don't think a broken wrist is considered 'restrictive' these days in terms of flying, particularly at 5 weeks when it will 'hopefully' be almost healed

Hope it all goes well.

Alter_ego

Ryanair will probably apply a "broken wrist charge"

MrsBartolozzi

A few years ago my son (7 yo at the time) flew with us on Ryanair to France with pins and a plastered broken elbow. We didn't need to notify them and they never asked us anything at check in or on the plane, even though it was patently obvious (sling and arm bent at 45 deg).
If you're on holiday, you will need to notify your insurers though, mine (Boots) said they would still insure him, but not anything relating to his broken arm unless he damaged it further on holiday (eg they would pay if say we had a car accident on holiday and he needed more treatment, but they wouldn't cover the scheduled removal of pins or plaster).
HTH.

lfc321

Always makes me smile at the airport on the way home from skiing seeing tons of people checking-in in plaster casts. One day it will be me, no doubt, and then I won't be smiling...

For something like a broken wrist I doubt they'll care at all (I can say for sure most airlines wouldn't - however I don't fly Ryanair so have no experience of their attitude to this). You generally get more probs with broken legs because you can't fit in a normal seat and they have to make special arrangements.

pompeyrich

My mates son broke his wrist just before we were due to fly with Ryanair, they advised him to get a note from his Doctor, which he did, £25, but they didn't ask for it at all. HERE is RAs advice on flying with a broken limb, not sure if a wrist counts as a limb but.......

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pompeyrich wrote: »

My mates son broke his wrist just before we were due to fly with Ryanair, they advised him to get a note from his Doctor, which he did, £25, but they didn't ask for it at all. HERE is RAs advice on flying with a broken limb, not sure if a wrist counts as a limb but.......

Letter cost an " arm and a leg "..

Engadine

When I was cabin crew the airlines I worked for used to insist that the cast were split. Inflight the limb will swell and if there is not enough room in the cast then it can restrict blood flow. I remember one particular lady whose arm swelled to double it's original size, her cast was split so it didn't cause her any problems.

Things may have changed as I stopped being crew a few years ago. We also used to ask to see the fit to fly letter from the doctor. It used to depend on who you got at check in if they asked to see the letter, may be worth checking with the airline.

dmg24

My mum flew with Ryanair from EMA this summer whilst her wrist/ arm was in a cast. She was not asked for a medical note.