Carrying iMac 21.5 on board in two flights

Hello everyone. I'm flying from Greece to the UK (connecting in Turkey) and I want to carry my 2011 iMac 21.5" on board. Having in mind that airport services don't treat luggages in the best way, I want to carry mine on board. Has anyone tried this before? Is it possible ?
Thanks in advance

You won't be able to get direct help from Apple or through an Apple Store as you are NOT an Aurhorized Apple Technician.
If you have another Authorized Apple reseller/repair center that you can locate in and around your region, you maybe able to have that authorized Apple center order the part for you.
If Is this a connector that was soldered to the Logic Board, if you find an authorized Apple repair center that can resolder the old connector OR desolder/resolder a new purchased  replacement connector that would be best.
Otherwise, you are out of luck and will have to pay to get a new,replacement Logic board.
This is what happens when someone, like yourself, who maybe a newbie/novice with Macs and with iMacs that decides to break into a Mac that was never designed for the inexperienced users to tinker with and upgrade these style Macs.
This is a very difficult Mac model to work on for very experienced Mac upgraders!
I consider myself very experienced with upgrading Macs over the years, and even I won't break into these new, aluminum style iMacs.
Apple designers and engineers have made these iMacs pretty much a daunting and tedious task for an end user to upgrade anything or work on anything inside of these Macs.
As you have found out the hard way, there a lot of fiddly, finicky small parts and connectors that can be prone to breakage.
I have given you my best advice, but bottom line you are now completely on your own to fix this, now.
If you need a new Logic board replacement, Apple MAY ( or may not) decide to help you and order and install a new logic board. This will be expensive.
You will have better luck with an authorized Apple reseller/repair center for the Logic Board replacement if it comes to that, but you'll still pay for the expensive replacement.

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