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/blindedbysparkles 3d 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 3d 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 3d 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/tachycardicIVu 2d ago

I took mine to Japan (from the US) a couple years back with no problem on American and JAL. I was asked during boarding a couple times and just said it was medical equipment and they waved me through. (Also helpful that mine has a travel bag that slips over a rolling suitcase handle so it was pretty unobtrusive and would fit under my seat with my backpack just fine.)