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Passengers in wheelchairs can't use most airplane washrooms. That could change (techxplore.com)
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Passengers in wheelchairs can't use most airplane washrooms. That could change::With airplane bathrooms inaccessible to most people with disabilities, those who use wheelchairs have a necessary pre-flight routine: Dehydrate and hope for the best.

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[–] snowe@programming.dev 38 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The United agreement was prompted by an incident in which a passenger died after her custom wheelchair was damaged during a cross-country flight.

[–] crashoverride@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I just wonder how the hell this connects back to a fucking bathroom. How's the wheelchair breaking lead to a someones death?

[–] JoBo@feddit.uk 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You see that headline thing at the top of the page? It's a link. You can click it and read stuff.