The SAS Airlines luggage disaster story

[AgentDarkApple]

Re: The SAS Airlines luggage disaster story

I'm sorry you guys had to put up with such idiocy. The way they treated all of you was bad enough, but the numerous instances of various personnel not following proper procedure just baffles me. It is even more disappointing that all your attempts to contact the FAA, TSA, etc. ended with reps who basically gave you no help.

"The entire baggage screening process should be revised, in my opinion. All passengers should remain with their luggage after check-in and should be present for the screening, much like what often takes place nowadays when one travels with a firearm...Only in the rare instance of an alarm would the passenger unlock the bag, step back behind a rope or other barrier that allows clear viewing, then re-lock the case after the completion of a hand-scan."

I totally agree. In fact, I wonder why this is not already the standard procedure.

By the way, thanks for pointing out the Abloy Protec lock - I had seen a few on military stuff before but had no clue what kind they were. A bit expensive, but I think it would be worth it to get one of those. I may borrow your idea of using a ginormous ammo can and one of those locks for future moves so the moving people have no chance of stealing electronics.

I really hope you guys can get into contact with someone in an authoritative position who will listen to your story and that he/she will actually do something about it.

[theprez98]

Re: The SAS Airlines luggage disaster story

Apparently our work web proxy is not a fan of deviating.net... ;-)

Edit: (anonymouse.org FTW) I had heard a good deal of this story but the whole thing just stinks. One would hope that elevating the issue to some level would make an impact, but I'm certainly pessimistic on that front.

[Deviant Ollam]

Well, a number of you have been curious about this for a few days... having heard scuttlebutt and chatter through the grapevine regarding some serious fail of baggage handling, airline security, and border control policy.

What actually took place is far too long to post here in a thread, and i've included too many images in the story for the forums to easily support that... so i invite anyone who is curious to visit the page i've put up on my web site chronicling the whole affair.

The Story of our Journey on SAS Airlines
on 2010/02/13 and 2010/02/22

Please feel free to discuss everything here, as i can't wait to hear people's opinions and thoughts on what took place.