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After missing flight, Chicago woman falsely said bomb on plane
A Chicago woman falsely claimed a bomb was on a plane at a South Florida airport after missing her flight, authorities said. Marina Verbitsky. a 46-year-old woman, was arrested Monday night at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport and charged with falsely reporting a bomb, explosive or weapon of mass destruction, according to a Broward Sheriff’s Office news release. (chicago.suntimes.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
I thought checked luggage of any passenger not boarding a flight would be removed. Even in the heat of the moment she had to realize that would be a pretty dumb thing to do but dumb she is.
domestic flights go with or without passengers even if the bags are on board. ALL International flights have positive bag match.
This woman is crazy to even try to do this. She'll have some real psych exams to pass now.
This woman is crazy to even try to do this. She'll have some real psych exams to pass now.
Mark Kortum is correct. I have had my bags arrive before me on long layovers. However, you do not know this in advance.
We once arrived in Toronto and had to switch flights. We were told we had to pick up our luggage and walk it through customs then recheck it for our domestic flight home. Our luggage didn’t show up, we had to go to customs and fill out a form then to the airline baggage claim desk and fill out more forms. We finally boarded and when we got to our destination our baggage was already at the airport, it arrived on an earlier flight that had taken a completely differant route from New Orleans to Saskatoon.
This would infer that TSA (A Govt Agency) would do their job....doubtful.
I received an odd email notice From American Airlines yesterday about my checked baggage that supports your theory. The notice read: "your luggage arrived early. Check with our luggage desk at your destination to pick it up." The luggage was actually on my flight which arrived more than 30 minutes early. This appeared to trigger the notice automatically. I wondered, though, if this notice is in place for situations where luggage does fly on earlier connections because it makes the flight and you don't. This is something that could become a dangerous gap in security not supposed to happen.
If it is a flight to flight transfer that would be less of an issue.