Looks like he maybe traveling with a battery the company says is not allowed for air travel (pictured on the right, notice the sticker).
Did you hear about this?
Batteries have taken down planes. Some of the large lithium batteries can burst into flames
Lithium batteries have started several fires .
“It unmasks how real my disability is … I haven’t been the same since.”...
It’s a terrible thing, I guess. I don’t know security protocol.
But to be frank, I think that’s a snowflake statement.
I’ve had things happen in my life the were pretty bad.
Many here have had things happen to them worse than this, by far. And I and they HAVE been the same since.
But if it helps in the lawsuit, that’s all that matters.
“It unmasks how real my disability is … I haven’t been the same since.”
Really? you have been disabled since 1984 and only 35 years later when this occurred you realized how real it is?
Did the cripple’s name include any variation of Akmed!?
Not to make light of this, but he’s been this way since 1984. I’m pretty sure his wife is well aware of the extent of his disability. And probably not the first time she’s seen him crawl across the floor. How does he get to his scooter? I’ll bet at night if he needs to use the facility, he just hops out of bed, no scooter required.
The problem was the friggin airlines not posting or letting people’s know ahead of time that other plans for travel might be necessary
After he went through security and they had a chance to examine the batteries, why didn’t they reinstall them into the wheel chair and give it back to the poor guy?
They have posters of things that won’t fly at the check in and various points to the gate. Lithium batteries have burst into flame, as posters have said.
It sounds like the gentleman could have anticipated this and made other arrangements.
The scooter goes in the cargo hold. By law, rechargable batteries cannot go in the cargo hold. The lawyer is playing lawsuit lottery.
Blame congress.
“United Airlines must really want to go out of business because they try very hard to.”
NOT United’s issue. This was gone over on the Airliners Website.
The Scooter in question has very large lithium batteries, that are against CANADIAN LAW to transport on an aircraft. Even the Scooter’s manual say they may not be accepted by “Some” airlines.
I don’t know how this works but it seems like what should happen for these kinds of surprises that they ship the batts separately (by ground) to the destination. Passenger pays.
Can’t be the first time someone w/a scooter didn’t realize the batts don’t fly.
Looks like he maybe traveling with a battery the company says is not allowed for air travel (pictured on the right, notice the sticker).
Let's take the "made me crawl":
Every airport I have ever been to has tons of wheelchairs available. Do they want us to believe that everyone watching this guy crawl around on the floor nobody said: "Get him a wheel chair!"
Federal (and international) regulations prohibit large lithium batteries from airplanes which have passengers on board. Unfortunately the amputee didn't do enough research to learn that before setting off on their trip. That isn't the airline's fault, one quick google search and they would have known.
Like here
or here
I know a person with an electric wheel chair.
When she flies she does not take her electric wheel chair to the airport; someone helps her with a regular wheel chair.
If she wants an electric wheel chair at her destination, she arranges for it.
Lithium batteries.
I guess no one told the man before the flight (or he did not check) that he’d have to make arrangements for wheel chair assistance at the airports, and an electric scooter at his destination.
I have synpathy for him; that he was uninformed beforehand about his flight requirements.
The proper solution is for the airlines to have loaner scooters or personnel to push wheelchairs for the flight, and then provide a battery at the destination.
Listening to the bleating snowflakes like the ones on this demand that explosive batteries be shipped is batshit crazy in this age of jihad.
Years ago we used to detonate lithium batteries in the field and batteries for a PRC 77 are nowhere near as powerful as a scooter battery.
I feel sorry for the guy, and someone from the airlines or the airport should have helped him board. That doesn’t magically transform allowing explosive batteries on the plane into anything resembling a sane policy