Wheelchairs are lined up at San Diego International Airport in this file photo. Airlines damaged or lost more than 11,000 passenger wheelchairs last year, according to The Department of Transportation.
Mandatory Credit:	Frank Duenzl/picture-alliance/dpa/AP via CNN Newsource

Wheelchairs are lined up at San Diego International Airport in this file photo. Airlines damaged or lost more than 11,000 passenger wheelchairs last year, according to The Department of Transportation.
Mandatory Credit: Frank Duenzl/picture-alliance/dpa/AP via CNN Newsource

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Feds propose steep fines when airlines damage wheelchairs

Airlines damaged or lost more than 11,000 passenger wheelchairs last year – and a new federal proposal seeks cut the inconvenience for wheelchair-reliant travelers with six-figure penalties against airlines.