First Time! Supreme Women In The World Of Rumeysa Gelgi Riding Airplanes, 13 Hour Travel Tempuh

Rumeysa Gelgi flew with Turkish Airlines. (Source: Instagram/rumeysagelgi)

JAKARTA - With a little seat adjustment, Rumeysa Gelgi finally boarded the plane for the first time in her life. It was not an easy journey, but the world's highest woman successfully made her first plane on Turkish Airlines.

Gelgi, the world's highest woman, based on the Guinness Book of Records with a record of 2.15 meters (about 7 feet), was able to travel after Turkey's main airline turned six seats on the plane into a stretcher.

He had to travel on a stretcher due toap syndrome, a genetic disorder characterized by rapid growth. He usually goes around in a wheelchair, but sometimes runs for a short distance.

The 25-year-old software developer wants to travel to the US to collaborate with Guinness for an event and help develop his professional career.

Accompanied by her mother, the young woman boarded the plane in her wheelchair, before lying on a stretcher on the plane for a 13-hour flight to San Francisco.

He told reporters at Istanbul Airport he was very excited to travel by plane for the first time. This flight is important for patients like him who need a stretcher.

"This will be my first flight as well as my first trip abroad. But I'm sure this experience will be a first for many individuals, not just me. Because as you know, the choice of traveling as a stretcher passenger is generally for patients who are transferred from one intensive care unit to another intensive care unit," he explained.

"This is an alternative for patients who are referred from one hospital to another and need an ambulance. However, because I can't sit for a long time because of skoliosis, or spinal cord disorders, I have to fly on a stretcher," he said.

Gelgi lives in Karabük, Turkey, about 200 kilometers (124 miles) north of the capital, Ankara. He said he used his world record titles to advocate and raise awareness ofbat syndrome and skoliosis.

Interestingly, apart from the highest woman in the world, the world's highest man also lives in Turkey. His name is Sultan Kosen, with a height of 2.51 meters (8 feet 2.8 inches).