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Jun 30^th, 2011 at 8:14am

OK, I know we've discussed this before, but I have a friend who is on O2 for respiratory issues, and Delta airlines is allowing him to fly to Shreveport LA with his own tanks on board. His daughter is a RN and said they had no choice. It was illegal for them to prevent someone medically needy from flying due to restrictions. So...just curious. Any experience here with this? Do you think airlines would accept CHs and not just COPD? This could be a game changer for me. Blessings. lance

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Guiseppi CH.com Moderator CH.com Alumnus Offline San Diego to Florida 05-16-2011 Posts: 12063 SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA USA Gender:	Re: flying with O2 Reply #1 - Jun 30^th, 2011 at 8:19am Boy, game changer is an understatement. Would probably take a test case....... Joe
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Brew CH.com Sponsor CH.com Alumnus Offline Posts: 14163	Re: flying with O2 Reply #2 - Jun 30^th, 2011 at 1:22pm I've heard of airlines allowing COPD patients to fly with concentrators, but not pressurized tanks.
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Reply #3 - Jun 30^th, 2011 at 7:10pm

Most airlines are very careful with oxygen cylinders on flights, with an illustration of the possible damage if one fails being shown with the damage to a Qantas 747 when one failed 3 years ago.

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I'm just coming up to my 50th flight this year and have not had a single CH whilst flying. I can't even remember having any shadows even whilst airborne.

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Peter B CH.com Junior Offline I Love CH.com! Posts: 70 Boston, MA Gender:	Re: flying with O2 Reply #4 - Jul 10^th, 2011 at 5:54pm I was not able to get a tank on a recent flight
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wimsey1 CH.com Alumnus Offline I Love CH.com! Posts: 2457 MA Gender:	Re: flying with O2 Reply #5 - Jul 11^th, 2011 at 8:14am I spoke recently with the man whose daughter said her father took his tanks with him....nope, it was a concentrator. No tanks. Sorry about the misunderstanding. Blessings. lance
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Jewel Jubic CH.com Newbie Offline I Love CH.com! Posts: 1	Re: flying with O2 Reply #6 - Jul 13^th, 2011 at 3:32am There are certain rules and many airlines are very careful for using these things.
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