Injury to make airplane travel unpleasant

[ctorres]

Time/Place: present day US... Ohio to DC specifically, although I can't imagine it's relevant
Terms searched: injury air travel, air travel medical restriction, similar such combinations, this article, and some followup on terms I didn't recognize on wikipedia

Comments

[mangosorbet007]

Having just had some very painful issues while flying with a cold, I'd suggest an ear problem that makes equalising pressure very painful or even impossible. No idea which problem specifically but it's a pointer, maybe...

[pekover]

Yeah, I was going to say something ear-related as well. I've flown with an earache and it was agony!

If you want something more obscure, you're not suposed to fly in a pressurized plane for a couple of years after a pneumothorax (punctured lung), so that might work...

[ctorres]

Pneumothorax wouldn't work then, because she's on a plane during more episodes in canon than not... I might be able to get somewhere with an ear infection, though. Thanks for the suggestion!

[custardpringle]

This would be my suggestion too-- I had to take a trip by air once while recovering from an ear infection and I don't exactly recommend it.

A blow to the head would probably screw up balance for a while; alternatively, anything that put her in a wheelchair temporarily (say a bullet wound to the leg?) might make air travel more hassle than it was worth compared to car travel.

[ctorres]

I'm beginning to think that an ear infection is the way to go. Thaks for the tip.

[ctorres]

Some people downthread have suggested an ear infection, which would be nice and straightforward and do exactly this. Thanks for the tip.