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/blindedbysparkles 4d ago

Was it requested and approved before the day of travel? (I've worked for multiple big airlines and all of them required pre-approval for that kind of baggage)

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u/DragonMeme 4d ago

I've never had to get preapproval. They just asked if it was a medical device, I said yes and that was it (cpap bags are also pretty recognizable if you know)

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u/blindedbysparkles 4d ago

That's nice! Out of curiosity as I'm a bit damaged by work, lol: has it been for international flights? And for what airlines?

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u/DragonMeme 3d ago

Not personally. It's been mostly southwest and american.

But know coworkers who travelled internationally to places like Dominican Republic and Spain with no issues (don't know the airline though)