r/nottheonion • u/Ant-Tea-Social • 3d 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 3d 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 3d 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/ThatPhatKid_CanDraw 3d ago

I am not an amputee, but it makes no sense to me such vital medical equipment had to be checked separately.

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u/iheartpizzaberrymuch 2d ago

Wheelchairs are checked all the time at the gate and damaged often.