From: "Mark" 

Eh, what a bunch of whiners. I presume they'd prefer meeting the fish at
the bottom of the Atlantic? If so, let the suspects loose and give them
tickets to ride anywhere, as long as the whiners are willing to sit next to
them...

"Rich Gauszka"  wrote in message
news:44e288b5{at}w3.nls.net...
>
> http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-2314992,00.html
>
> LOOTING and theft from luggage has increased at airports in the chaos
> after the terrorist alert. Passengers have also been left without keys to
> their homes and cars, and other valuable possessions.
> Tens of thousands of bags have become stranded at London's main airports,
> with airlines having to hire delivery companies and use cargo aircraft to
> reunite passengers with their luggage.
>
>
>
> A huge backlog of missing items has been flown around the world during the
> disruption to flights after they were left at Heathrow and Gatwick.
>
> At least 5,000 items remained undelivered at Heathrow yesterday after the
> baggage handling system there was overwhelmed. At least 3,500 bags are
> also being held in warehouses at Gatwick, handling agents said.
>
> ..
>
> "People have effectively become locked out of their own homes and cars, or
> had their belongings stolen because everyone now knows that luggage from
> London is likely to have expensive items in it. Everybody is blaming
> everybody else, but the main problem is a lack of staff to deal with the
> mopping up."
>
> ..
>
> About 10,000 passenger bags have gone missing since the security alert
> began, BA said, with half of them still piled up at airports.
>
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