Another baggage story from Heathrow T-5
Jun 1st, 2008, 11:33 AM
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Another baggage story from Heathrow T-5
A disclaimer: the following is not my personal experience, and I do not know all of the details, BUT....
A friend called us yesterday after he and his wife had completed a BA flight from Copenhagen to London Heathrow T-5 on Friday.
Their bags did not arrive. Not only did their bags not arrive, not a single bag of any of their fellow passengers made it, either. Every passenger on the entire airplane failed to get their luggage....
I do not know if this means their luggage was loaded on the wrong airplane, or if their airplane arrived sans any luggage. The latter seems highly unlikely, but the former may mean there was another airplane landing somewhere else without the correct luggage.
Apparently, things have not smoothed out completely in T-5. My friend, who was still waiting for his luggage a day later, says even the Heathrow agent was astonished at this one. BA continues to have problems.
JimF
A friend called us yesterday after he and his wife had completed a BA flight from Copenhagen to London Heathrow T-5 on Friday.
Their bags did not arrive. Not only did their bags not arrive, not a single bag of any of their fellow passengers made it, either. Every passenger on the entire airplane failed to get their luggage....
I do not know if this means their luggage was loaded on the wrong airplane, or if their airplane arrived sans any luggage. The latter seems highly unlikely, but the former may mean there was another airplane landing somewhere else without the correct luggage.
Apparently, things have not smoothed out completely in T-5. My friend, who was still waiting for his luggage a day later, says even the Heathrow agent was astonished at this one. BA continues to have problems.
JimF
Jun 1st, 2008, 11:41 AM
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A plane from Copenhagen to London arrived without any baggage.
What on earth has this got to do with Heathrow, or with T5?
Is there a sensible reason your posting isn't headed "A baggage story from Copenhagen"? Or do you just think blaming Heathrow for Danish incompetence makes a snappier headline?
What on earth has this got to do with Heathrow, or with T5?
Is there a sensible reason your posting isn't headed "A baggage story from Copenhagen"? Or do you just think blaming Heathrow for Danish incompetence makes a snappier headline?
Jun 1st, 2008, 12:15 PM
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I doubt very much that the plane's cargo was empty when it took off from Copenhagen, so if that's the case this has a great deal to do with LHR. The luggage was probably sent to a different belt upon arrival and nobody could figure it out.
Hard to believe, but T5 has been a proven performer in the unbelievable stories....
OTOH, without knowing the full story, we need to know if the plane arrived with luggage destined to Madrid, Paris, whatever?
If that's the case then this has nothing to do with LHR ops.
Hard to believe, but T5 has been a proven performer in the unbelievable stories....
OTOH, without knowing the full story, we need to know if the plane arrived with luggage destined to Madrid, Paris, whatever?
If that's the case then this has nothing to do with LHR ops.
Jun 1st, 2008, 12:44 PM
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"The luggage was probably sent to a different belt "
Bullshit.
We're told the bags did not arrive. The poster MIGHT be wrong: but that doesn't mean he's probably wrong. It's just as likely a team of American Airlines dirty deedsters stole the bags at CPH, or that a recently landed saucerful of extra-terrestrials dematerialised them.
The simple truth is: all we know is the bags didn't arrive. It's easier to blame T5 for everything than to accept that, on this occasion, JimF is taking the lazy option of making T5 an easy whipping boy for every screwup in every other airport.
Bullshit.
We're told the bags did not arrive. The poster MIGHT be wrong: but that doesn't mean he's probably wrong. It's just as likely a team of American Airlines dirty deedsters stole the bags at CPH, or that a recently landed saucerful of extra-terrestrials dematerialised them.
The simple truth is: all we know is the bags didn't arrive. It's easier to blame T5 for everything than to accept that, on this occasion, JimF is taking the lazy option of making T5 an easy whipping boy for every screwup in every other airport.
Jun 1st, 2008, 12:54 PM
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Flanneruk,
Are you having a bad day, or is this your normal demeanor?
My posting was not accusatory at all. No fingers were pointed, no names given. I simply relayed the content of a phone call from a friend who had an unfortunate experience.
Good lord, cut me some slack.
JimF
Are you having a bad day, or is this your normal demeanor?
My posting was not accusatory at all. No fingers were pointed, no names given. I simply relayed the content of a phone call from a friend who had an unfortunate experience.
Good lord, cut me some slack.
JimF
Jun 1st, 2008, 01:10 PM
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Sorry, I agree with flanneruk and alanRow.
The title alone is accusatory, words like Heathrow and T-5 meant blame is place on them even if you don't spell it out.Why couldn't you have put "Another baggage story from Copenhagen to London "?
The title alone is accusatory, words like Heathrow and T-5 meant blame is place on them even if you don't spell it out.Why couldn't you have put "Another baggage story from Copenhagen to London "?
Jun 1st, 2008, 01:15 PM
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Better yet, "baggage missing on flight from somewhere to somewhere."
Further, I should omit the name of the airline, the point of departure and the intended point of arrival, no one is offended.
I'll do that next time.
JimF
Further, I should omit the name of the airline, the point of departure and the intended point of arrival, no one is offended.
I'll do that next time.
JimF
Jun 1st, 2008, 01:58 PM
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Hi JimF, I think the title of your thread would have been better if you have posted "Baggage story regarding BA flight from Copenhagen" versus "Heathrow T-5" as from what you say the error (whatever the error was) was caused in Copenhagen. In any case flying certainly has its challenges and I hope your friends recover their luggage ASAP.
Jun 1st, 2008, 02:03 PM
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Sorry, JimF, but the details in your post all indicate that the luggage never arrived at Heathrow. How, then, does that lead to the assertion "Apparently, things have not smoothed out completely in T-5."?
Copenhagen Airport seems the likely culprit to me.
Copenhagen Airport seems the likely culprit to me.
