# British Airways lost my father’s vital life-saving machine

- Source: Guardian Business
- Published: 2026-11-03T00:00:33+00:00
- Category: Business
- Original: https://www.theguardian.com/money/2026/nov/03/british-airways-lost-my-fathers-vital-life-saving-machine
- Canonical: https://groundlevelnews.com/story/british-airways-lost-my-father-s-vital-life-saving-machine-193091/

He needs a dialysis machine to survive, but on a flight it was first damaged, then it was lost My father suffers from terminal renal failure and relies on a highly specific dialysis machine every night to survive. British Airways’ check-in staff twice insisted on checking this fragile 20kg lifeline into the aircraft hold where it was first damaged, then lost. When his outbound flight arrived at He

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