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Bags of worries

Here's a disturbing tale about security and your travel bags.

Two members of a Sydney family recently departed London Heathrow for home on different days, flying with different airlines. Mum arrives home first, only to discover that two mobile phones tossed into her suitcase at the last moment prior to departure are now missing.

Her teenage daughter follows from Heathrow a few days later. And when she arrives in Sydney she notices that plastic tags tied around the zips of her checked-in bag are now broken. A ski-mask placed on top of her clothes is gone.

In both cases persons unknown must have rifled through the bags and stolen the goods. This is most likely to have occurred at Heathrow although it's possible both thefts took place en-route or in Sydney.

The point, however, is not where these thefts might have occurred; it's that such things are happening at all.

It goes without saying that if someone can tamper with your luggage and take something out, then they can just as easily put something in, perhaps something dangerous. These two recent incidences suggest a serious security flaw in current baggage handling procedures.

Are these two unusual cases? Or is theft and tampering of aircraft luggage more widespread than we think? Have you had a similar recent experience, or do you know of one?

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Posted by Spidey at 4:22 PM