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Air passenger fighting for change after being told his wheelchair was too heavy to fly
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Since an incurable muscular disease put him in a motorized wheelchair five years ago, Mark Challender has discovered how difficult it is for someone who can't walk to get around.
Flying took the difficulties to new heights.
"It's just mindboggling why people don't make a reasonable change," he said.
Challender was coming back from a cruise in Miami with his wife when he switched planes at Sea-Tac Airport, bound for Bellingham.
But the Alaska Airlines crew said his battery-operated chair was too heavy by 21 pounds.
Read the full story here: https://www.king5.com/article/travel/wheelchair-weight-accessibility-alaska-airlines-bellingham-seattle/281-5ae0ac48-b627-4faf-95c7-4eab86c9ba50