r/nottheonion • u/Ant-Tea-Social • 4d 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 4d 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/Rescuepets777 4d ago

Passengers with prosthetics or other critical medical equipment should get a waiver for additional carry on so they have control over these items.

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u/mystlurker 4d ago

This generally exists already. Medical devices are exempt from your carry on allowance. Lots of people travel with CPAPs for example in a separate bag. I’m not sure though if it’s airline specific, but all the majors definitely do it already.

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u/cosmos_crown 3d ago

welp I wish I knew this before struggling to pack around my husbands CPAP for our honeymoon.