Hundreds of trolleys and suitcases were lined up on the terminal floor as the Heathrow airport staff tried to sort out the bags according to the names of the passengers.
Hundreds of luggages were strewn across Heathrow airport.
HIGHLIGHTS
- There was a major technical snag in Heathrow airport.
- The incident happened on Saturday.
- Videos and pics of hundreds of luggage were shared on Twitter.
The Heathrow airport in the UK is one of the busiest airports in the world. Now imagine if that busy place has a major technical glitch in its baggage processing system! Well, no need to imagine it because this nightmare became true for several passengers flying through or to Heathrow airport.
On Saturday, the airport baggage system in Terminal 2 faced a major technical snag resulting in the confusion. Hundreds of trolleys and suitcases were lined up on the terminal floor as the airport staff tried to sort out the bags according to the names of the passengers.
Annoyed with the unnecessary delay, several people took to Twitter to share photos and videos of the snag. The sea of luggage is something that you need to see to believe.
Lost luggage has a final resting place perhaps.@HeathrowAirport T2mine’s the black one (I think) pic.twitter.com/u0tDMTgFHj
— Stuart Dempster (@StuDempster) June 17, 2022
Suddenly a slight wait for my luggage to arrive at @HeathrowAirport is even more of an irrelevance – at least it came on the same flight and is leaving with me pic.twitter.com/h42BfCe0mo
— Deborah Haynes (@haynesdeborah) June 17, 2022
Heathrow Airport/London: collapse!!!
Chapter 1.012
“Living with COVID
& also Monkeypox virus!”an enormous carpet of luggages
as passengers travelled without them
or have not received at their arrival
Final rest for lost luggages
pic.twitter.com/tVjCUOxmtw— beatrice (@beattrice_) June 18, 2022
According to a report by the BBC, a spokesperson for Heathrow airport apologised for the chaos and the delay. “Earlier today there was a technical issue with the Terminal 2 baggage system which has now been resolved. Passengers are now able to check-in as normal, but a number of passengers who departed from Terminal 2 earlier today may have travelled without their luggage. We are working closely with airlines to reunite passengers with their luggage as soon as possible. We’re sorry there’s been disruption to passenger journeys,” she stated.