http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3820287a34,00.html Terror plays havoc with lost luggage 06 October 2006 The number of bags being lost or delayed by airlines in the United States continues to rise with a daily average of 14,089 in August, the Bureau of Transportation Statistics says. For every 1000 passengers in August, 8.08 bags were reported lost or delayed, up from July's rate of 6.5 and the August 2005 rate of 6.4. The number of mishandled bags was 23 per cent higher in 2005 than in 2004. Trouble with checked bags was partly the result of a ban on liquids and gels in carry-on luggage after an alleged plot to bomb US-bound jetliners was foiled in Britain in August. Passengers who normally carried their luggage began checking it to avoid having their toiletries confiscated by security screeners. "The increased number of bags being checked resulted in more mishandlings," said David Castelveter, spokesman for the airline trade group Air Transport Association. The ban was lifted six weeks later after officials decided small amounts of liquids and gels could be carried on board airplanes if they were put in a plastic bag. But the trend is for more bags to be lost, stolen, mishandled or damaged. Kevin Mitchell, president of the Business Travel Coalition, said bag handling problems were the result of staff shortages and luggage-handling systems coming under pressure during peak travel times. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
