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Airline loses Marathon survivor's prosthetic leg
By adamg on Thu, 11/19/2015 - 10:34pm
Hi @AmericanAir u lost my luggage w over $250k of leg & dance parts. I have an entire team on u. Pls respond, been days can't dance #retweet
— AdrianneHD (@AdrianneHaslet) November 20, 2015
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I hope it's found
Personally, if I had anything that cost over $50, let alone $250,000, I'd bring it onboard. I would figure she could've worn it during the flight and taken it off while seated or put it in the overhead rack. You can't trust the airlines on checking valuables.
You can't bring a lot of things onboard
First of all, there are limits on size and weight of carry on luggage.
Secondly, there are a lot of crazy rules about "tools" and "assemblies" and such. Try to get a tool kit where nothing is even sharp through security.
She can't wear it if she is already wearing her walking leg - notice that runners don't wear the Cheetah blades around town. One of the ways around the limitations of prosthetics is having multiple legs and leg parts.
AA website
I just called American Airlines and prosthetic limbs are allowed as a carry on item. The rep said size of the limb doesn't matter.
Thank you for spending time
Thank you for spending time attempting to show everyone that this woman is partially at fault for the airline losing her luggage, including her prosthetic leg. You must have a very fulfilling life.
A/A call
Sorry, Swirly Girl called me out, so I had to confirm the policy with the Airlines by calling them, saying my grandfather was using a fake leg and wanted to put it in the overhead rack I don't want to come off as a Looney Tune by posting incorrect information.
No
No, actually, you didn't.
What's the point of telling us, anyway? I doubt any of us are trying to take a prosthetic leg on an airplane. The airline lost it. They're at fault. Niggling about whether someone did enough, in your view, to anticipate and avoid someone else's upfuckery, is not something you "had to" do.
I don't want to come off as a
So instead you come off as someone who spends their time showing people on a comment board what the woman did wrong and that you are more knowledgeable than her and would have done it differently and therefore not had the problems she had. Consider your day fulfilled, to your standards at least.
If a single TSA agent disagrees, she's sunk.
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Allowed, perhaps
So long as they meet the requirements for fitting in the overhead bin and are counted as a carry on item.
Meaning that she can bring the leg, but not the leg and a roll-aboard.
I'm getting the strong impression that your supposed "web search" is the ONLY contact that you have had with an airline in many years. As others have pointed out as well, what the airline allows isn't necessarily what the TSA will let you get by with (see also "allen wrenches on a bike multi-tool", "empty coffee thermos", "why do you have a leg as a carry on when you are wearing one already", etc.)
TSA is useless
Meanwhile a friend of a friend allegedly realized she made it through her flight AND return flight with a pocket taser in her bag. Apparently legal in some states, surely not permitted on planes. It was a stupid overnight on her behalf but just proves that if she got it through TWICE, the TSA security system and training are a waste of money.
On another note AA lost my stuff and took two days to return it while overseas. Hopefully she will get it back soon.
I, too, hope the lost prosthetic is found.
It's irresponsible and selfish for an Airline to not allow prosthetic limbs to be carried on board an aircraft with the user.
Hate it when stuff walks off
or falls off the truck in Jersey...
$250k? I guess a Ferrari
$250k? I guess a Ferrari really does cost an arm and a leg.
If I was that airline
I would throw as much resources as necessary at finding this luggage.
Or else...
Everyone gets upset for 20 min and then completely forgets about it by tomorrow.
#Kony2012
It's all hands on deck.
It's all hands on deck.
Found
Found: http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2015/11/20/american-airlines-says-has-f...
Visited a country she had never been to
and she joked being a little jealous. Hope she gets the extra frequent flier miles for the extra flight legs her, uh, legs took.
... or an upgrade to Economy
... or an upgrade to Economy Plus with Extra Legroom Seating.
Thank god. I hope other's
Thank god. I hope other's lost luggage get this same type of coverage.
In better news...
It's been found.
https://twitter.com/AdrianneHaslet/status/667753204420055040
im usually the one
that makes tasteless comments here
but its nice to see so many people comfortable making fun of the victim of a terrorist attack that happened in our city for losing important tools that allow her to live a fulfilling life
<3