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Is this what airports do with lost baggage? (Video)
- Thread starter Laur
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No, no it's not. But seeing airport staff hurling what appears to be luggage into the back of a rubbish truck still isn't the most reassuring way to start your holiday.
This video was shot by a holidaymaker at Christchurch Airport in New Zealand and appears to show baggage handlers hurling unclaimed suitcases into a garbage truck.
In fact, after it was uploaded to the internet, the video sparked outrage from many flyers who feared this could be what happened to their lost luggage.
But not all is quite what it seems, a spokesperson for the airport says the binned bags were ones which had been used to test their new baggage handling system
This video was shot by a holidaymaker at Christchurch Airport in New Zealand and appears to show baggage handlers hurling unclaimed suitcases into a garbage truck.
In fact, after it was uploaded to the internet, the video sparked outrage from many flyers who feared this could be what happened to their lost luggage.
But not all is quite what it seems, a spokesperson for the airport says the binned bags were ones which had been used to test their new baggage handling system