TV host and travel writer Sophie Morgan was paralyzed from the chest down in a car crash at 18. She told BI that flying for disabled people is often extremely difficult and uncomfortable.

Nearly 50,000 wheelchairs and scooters were boarded on planes in February 2023, according to Department of Transportation data. Out of that, 767, or 1.54%, wheelchairs and scooters were mishandled.

(InvestigateTV) - For people with disabilities, flying has become another obstacle because many have had their wheelchairs damaged or destroyed while traveling. In July 2020, Lanny Hill’s life ...

Because of these risks, many people who use wheelchairs say flying can be a nightmare. ... Section B, Page 6 of the New York edition with the headline: For Wheelchair Users, Flying Includes Risks.

Shayn Pulley said their wheelchair was irreparably cracked on Feb. 22 while traveling from Raleigh, North Carolina, to Philadelphia. But Pulley, who uses they/them pronouns, said they're lucky it ...

For wheelchair users, flying isn't easy. Here's how airlines are removing barriers. ... "I am not very large, so I am always wondering what they do with larger people," he said.

Rebekah Taussig, a disabled woman who uses a wheelchair, writes about how hard it is to fly for people with mobility devices and argues that airplanes needs better accommodations in order for more ...

WASHINGTON — A majority of U.S. passenger airplanes could accommodate secured wheelchairs, which would allow travelers to remain seated in a personal wheelchair while flying, says a new report from ...