seriously how does that still happen in 2006?they are so crazy about how much they monitor our luggage for terrorism purposes, and like.....idk its somebody's job...meaning they get payed....to move that stuff around. How can we be so unorganized and unprofessional? It seems so simple. Where in the process of taking stuff off a conveyor belt and putting it on a plane does a bag get lost?
2006-09-15 11:14:30 · 10 answers · asked by mwells0629 1 in Travel ➔ Travel (General) ➔ Other - Destinations
well idont think it gets lost i think they just put it on the wrong plane
2006-09-15 11:17:01 · answer #1 · answered by Jack W 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Many reasons:
A person might check in too late for the bag to be loaded on the plane they're traveling on. It then gets tagged for the next flight. Sometimes ticket agents may make an error and tag the bag to the wrong destination. This happens more often than you'd think. Some places have more than one airport. Houston has both Houston Hobby and Intercontinental. If an unknowing agent tags the bag to HOU knowing that you're going to Houston, you'd better be going to Hobby airport. Houston Intercontinental's code is IAH. Another thing that could happen is a tag might get pulled off in the conveyor belt. If the bag isn't labeled with a contact for the passenger, there is little way of knowing who it belongs to. Sometimes flights have weight and balance restrictions due to weather. Some of the bags might get pulled off and put on other flights.
2006-09-15 20:31:57 · answer #2 · answered by johnsredgloves 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i had an experience which i can say is the reason why.i travelled from the philippines to go south korea via philippine airlines last year and when i arrived at incheon airport,the sling support of my luggage is torn and the belt attached to the handle is totally damage!its a good thing i put another identification tag attached at the bag handle which is made of metal,just like the military dog tag.if i hadnt put that,my baggage surely had wandered away coz the claim tag attached by the airline is also missing!maybe its the baggage staff just throwing away the luggage and didnt really care whatever is inside your stuff!
2006-09-16 12:05:50 · answer #3 · answered by summer79 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Often, it just gets thrown into the wrong container. On bigger airplanes, bags are loaded into large cans called LD3s, then rolled on to the aircraft.
It would be fairly easy for an overworked, underpaid, stressed out ramp agent to throw a bag into the can labeled PDX (Portland) instead of PHX (Phoenix) ... or any other combination.
2006-09-15 18:23:35 · answer #4 · answered by kentata 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
didn't you know that airports hire little fairys to enchant your luggage to hope off the conveyer at just the right time and fall into a transdimensional portal so that some guy in the 58th parallel universe recieves your untidy whiteys while you only get back the handle and tag that once attached to your 400 dollar samsonite travel set suitcase???Hope this helps
2006-09-15 18:25:03 · answer #5 · answered by Patrick M 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A lot in my opinion is due to laziness ,don't care attitude , some theft and some due to the passengers not paying attention and not tagging their luggage properly
2006-09-15 18:24:40 · answer #6 · answered by ? 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A tag gets torn off, or someone steals it off the carousel.
2006-09-15 18:17:04 · answer #7 · answered by Dave 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because people are human and make mistakes sometimes!!!
2006-09-15 19:17:29 · answer #8 · answered by kimberleibenton 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
this is just something that requires so much planning that it could only be a commie republican plot.
2006-09-15 18:22:44 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i dunno man. why do some of NASA's rockets blow up in mid flight. hmmmm... maybe cause... WE'RE HUMAN AND MAKE MISTAKES
2006-09-15 18:16:46 · answer #10 · answered by Oh, Natey-O! 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋