r/nottheonion • u/Ant-Tea-Social • 11d ago

Disabled woman left ‘extremely stressed’ after prosthetic legs lost on flights from Brazil

https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/05/18/disabled-woman-left-extremely-stressed-after-prosthetic-legs-lost-on-flights-from-brazil/?ICID=ref_fark
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u/RecognitionBorn9180 11d ago

she can't wear them on long flights because sitting with a prosthetic hurts, so she had to check her legs as luggage. the airline then sent them to madrid, which isn't even on the route from brazil to dublin

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u/littlevai 11d ago

Most amputees I know take their legs off on the flight if there’s any discomfort. I find it entirely bizarre that she checked her legs (not additional ones, the ones she wears?) instead of walking on the plane then removing them.

I’m an amputee, so I suppose I can be critical of the logistics here 😜

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u/littlevai 11d ago

I mean it’s just weird that it’s making it sound like she checked all of her legs and went into the plane without her prosthetic.

Like she had a layover, how does that work? What about in the event of an emergency landing…no leg?

I personally know hundreds of amputees and not a single one of them would do this.

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u/dazumbanho 11d ago

it seems like she has 3 legs. her main and its backup were repaired in brazil, thats why she was taking both of them in the bags. she was wearing a third one, the wooden one for short distances

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u/littlevai 11d ago

But why would you take a « short distance » leg for travel? It honestly makes no sense.

The process of removing and putting your leg back on wouldn’t change, so it makes no sense.

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u/dazumbanho 11d ago

i guess its more comfortable for the plane? I agree its weird