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« on: November 03, 2021, 18:40:35 »
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British Airways has apologised after passengers received crates of frozen fish on a baggage carousel instead of their luggage.

Becca Braunholtz, from Sherborne, Dorset, was among those who were left baffled when boxes of sea bass and sea bream mistakenly delivered to Terminal 5 of Heathrow Airport on Monday.

She and her family had just landed following a family holiday in Cyprus.

British Airways said it was reuniting customers with their bags after noticing "something fishy" had happened.
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« Reply #1 on: November 03, 2021, 20:54:47 »
Made me think of that Airplane! scene for some reason, the one with the passengers on the carousel and the luggage on the floor waiting for them.  Grin

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« Reply #2 on: November 03, 2021, 22:15:25 »
It's Emmanuel Macron's luggage he lost it on the way to cop26.
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« Reply #3 on: November 04, 2021, 06:10:21 »
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« Reply #4 on: November 04, 2021, 14:40:11 »
Quote from: grahame on November 04, 2021, 06:10:21
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I thought it was someone offering loans on rail fares from our region via Birmingham to the North and Scotland ...

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« Reply #5 on: November 04, 2021, 16:42:21 »
Quote from: paul7755 on November 03, 2021, 20:54:47
Made me think of that Airplane! scene for some reason, the one with the passengers on the carousel and the luggage on the floor waiting for them.  Grin

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No, no, adults should not be placed on the luggage carousel, children should be placed in freight crates travel toboggans and then transported in the hold, with a "state of the art feed trough"

Frozen fish needs to be kept frozen, but children store best at about room temperature.

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It has space for cycles, surfboards,luggage etc.
A 5 car DMU▸ (Diesel Multiple Unit) is not a proper inter-city train. The 5+5 and 9 car DMUs are almost as bad.
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