{"id":136761,"date":"2024-10-05T02:00:13","date_gmt":"2024-10-04T16:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/simpleflying.com\/airlines-airports-disabled-passengers-provisions-guide\/"},"modified":"2024-10-05T02:00:13","modified_gmt":"2024-10-04T16:00:13","slug":"what-provisions-must-airlines-airports-offer-to-help-passengers-with-disabilities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=136761","title":{"rendered":"What Provisions Must Airlines &amp; Airports Offer To Help Passengers With Disabilities?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Frank Gardner, a BBC security correspondent,         <span class=\"display-card-hyperlink-article\" data-id=\"2033387\"><a href=\"https:\/\/simpleflying.com\/bbc-journalist-crawl-floor-lot-flight-no-wheelchair-onboard\/\" >had to crawl on the floor of an aircraft to get to the lavatory<\/a><\/span>. The picture of this famed correspondent, who was partially paralyzed in the legs in an attack in 2004, shared a photograph of his struggles to get to a lavatory on a             <span class=\"display-card-hyperlink display-card-hyperlink-no-vignette\" data-id=\"256335\"style=\";  ;\" class=\"display-card-hyperlink display-card-hyperlink-no-vignette\"><a href=\"https:\/\/simpleflying.com\/tag\/lot-polish-airlines\/\"  >LOT Polish Airlines<\/a><\/span>&#8216; flight. 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