Delta Airline Flies Plane From UK To US Just To Deliver 1,000 Pieces Of Stranded Luggage
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Despite being a passenger-free flight, the bags flew where they usually do - in the aircraft's designated baggage bins, not the passenger cabins.
Amid operational chaos at Heathrow Airport in the United Kingdom, Delta Airlines recently came up with a "creative" solution to reunite passengers with their stranded baggage. The airline deployed a wide-body aircraft last week only to bring 1,000 pieces of luggage back to the United States.
According to CNN, a staffing shortage at Heathrow Airport in London has caused a service meltdown in recent weeks. Airport officials responded to the cancelled flights and massive lost baggage complaints by telling airlines that they must limit the number of passengers at the airport to 100,000 a day.
So, Delta Airlines figured out a way to get the lost bags out of the airport, even though it couldn't take more passengers. The airline used an empty Airbus A330-200 to retrieve the lost bags.
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