Woman told she looked too sick to fly

A CORK couple in their 60s were off-loaded from an Aer Lingus aircraft in Tenerife because a flight attendant insisted the woman looked too sick to fly — even though a doctor had cleared her earlier.

Alan Jenkins and his wife also claim they were insulted by Spanish airport staff when they asked for help.

The couple had been enjoying a holiday on the Spanish island when Ms Jenkins took ill. Her husband brought her to a doctor, who gave her aspirin to enable her to travel home.