14 CFR Part 382 Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Disability in Air Travel (Air Carrier Access Act): Preamble and Section-by-Section Analysis (with amendments issued through July 2010)

382.125 What procedures do carriers follow when wheelchairs, other mobility aids, and other assistive devices must be stowed in the cargo compartment? As under the current rule, electric wheelchairs and other devices that are not required to be stowed in the cabin must be transported in the cargo compartment. These items have priority over other passengers’ items. If other passengers’ items are bumped as a result, the carrier must use its best efforts to ensure that they are delivered to the passenger’s destination on the carrier’s next flight. This may be a flight within an hour or two with respect to a domestic destination; it could be a matter of days with respect to some carriers’ international flights.