The tallest woman in the world, Turkish Rumeysa Gelgi made her first plane trip in her life, writes the publication “MK-Türkiye”.
Due to a rare genetic condition – Weaver’s syndrome, which causes the accelerated growth, Rumeysa often has to move on a stretcher or in a wheelchair, although sometimes she takes short walks. Her height is 2,15 meters, which permits her to enter the Guinness World Records.
Rumeysa Gelgi is a software developer. She decided to visit the USA and attend there a number of events in her field and enrich her professional skills. To make the flight comfortable, employees of the Turkish Airlines converted six seats into a couch in the cabin of the liner. On this couch Rumeysa Gelgi flew to the USA.
In addition to Weaver’s syndrome, Gelgi also suffers from a curvature of the spine – scoliosis, because of which she cannot be stay upright for a long time, that is why she forced to spend time lying down in flight.
