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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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[-] Wahots@pawb.social 49 points 8 months ago

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

Jesus, I already hated United for breaking my reinforced toolbox and fucking me over on four recent flights, but this takes the cake. I avoid them whenever possible now.

[-] Jessica@discuss.tchncs.de 72 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

I looked into it, and apparently she spent months fighting with them to replace her wheelchair. In the meantime, she developed sores from being in a generic wheelchair, and she ended up needing two emergency surgeries, and either passed away due to complications, or due to the sores directly.

[-] Yuki@kutsuya.dev 31 points 8 months ago

What the fuck...

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