Sunday, April 08, 2007

Passengers of flight find luggage missing after landing

http://www.thestatesman.net/page.news.php?clid=9&theme=&usrsess=1&id=152338
Press Trust of India BHUBANESWAR, April 6: An Air Deccan flight from Chennai today landed here without the luggage of half the 45 passengers on board. The Chennai-Bhubaneswar flight (761) landed here at about 10:40 am with 22 of the 45 passengers complaining to the Air Deccan authorities that their luggages were missing. A spokesperson for the private airline said the luggage could not be loaded and steps were being taken to bring them here by tomorrow morning. While 22 passengers complained that they did not get their luggage, some complained they had lost a part of their belongings. “We travelled by the flight in order to save time. But we have been told to wait till tomorrow morning to get back our baggage. What is the point in flying?” asked Ansuman Mohapatra, a passenger. “We are not sure whether they loaded the baggage at the point of departure or not,” said Dilip Kumar Gupta, another passenger who missed his baggage. Seven-year-old Sapna, a child who was returning to Orissa after a heart operation at Bangalore, complained of chest pain as she had not taken medicines.

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