Originally Posted by airships

The articles describe how "the fire brigade and technical experts" tried for thirty minutes, unsuccessfully, to get her seated. And that was at a gate, with the lights on, the aircraft right-side-up, and no smoke or panic. Now imagine an emergency evacuation, with a hundred people trying to exit the aircraft in thirty SECONDS, perhaps with smoke and fire or with the aircraft lying on its side with structural damage.

This woman would have been a safety risk to everyone on that plane in an emergency.