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Baggage Problems Items missing from baggage checked with Northwest Airlines (EWR-AMS-DEL)

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Nov 25, 2009, 5:02 AM

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You may be laying blame with the wrong party. The pilferage could have been by a Northwest employee but more likely it was a TSA agent. Baggage handlers are often too busy to rifle through random bags in hopes of finding "buried treasure" but the TSA x-rays every bag and electronics show up very nicely on an x-ray. Furthermore you said the bags were locked. I'm surprised both locks weren't missing because TSA will cut locks if they are not TSA approved and can be opened with the TSA key gadget.

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