If you flew from Phoenix yesterday...

[davidge]

...then your luggage is somewhere in this pile:

 

[davidge]

http://news.sky.com/story/1695517/suitcases-left-piled-up-after-screening-failure

[davidge]

 

 

Suitcases Left Piled Up After Screening Failure

Handlers at a Phoenix airport are forced to search every bag by hand and then send them on separately after an IT systems failure.

 

By Sky News US Team

More than 3,000 suitcases were left piled up on the tarmac at a Phoenix airport after the baggage-screening systems failed.

 

Workers at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport were forced to search hundreds of items of baggage by hand or load them on to trailers on Thursday evening to be taken by ground to airports in Tucson and San Diego so they could be screened and flown on to passenger destinations.

The computer systems were apparently fixed on Thursday and were be testing through the night ahead of scheduled flights on Friday, Transportation Security Administration (TSA) spokesman Nico Melendez said.

 

The screening system is thought to have been repaired

He added: "We are cautiously optimistic that it will be fully operational in the morning."

Additional sniffer dogs and specialists were being brought in from other airports in case of further problems on Friday.

Julie Rodriguez, a spokeswoman for Sky Harbor, said the problem hit all three of the airport's terminals.

According to the TSA, the inline baggage systems handle the majority of luggage checked in at airports. When everything is working properly, only around 10% of all checked baggage is hand-searched by TSA officers.

Nearly 4.3 million passengers travelled through Sky Harbor airport in March.

[BAJA DAVE]

That is so fucked up, get to BKK and oh

sorry no bag. Thank you TSA

[iluvasians/latins]

United from SFO took 3 days to get my suitcase to me at my hotel in NANA s few trips back. It was found right away. Never left the tarmac when I left. Got in from Houston 2 hours prior to SFO. Everything is scanned now. Wonder how this could happen.

[Roadglide]

That's gotta seriously suck.

[just hanging]

Jay Leno one talked about an airline.   He said he asked the girl to book LA, and send one piece of luggage to NY and one to Vegas and one to Texas.  She said she couldn't do that, and he said why not, you did it last time

 

cant remember the destination or airline but this was the gist of it, and true.   They airline had to come on an apologize.....take care of your celebs

[Skalliwag]

Considering the amount of cheeses,meats,liverwurst,pate and skied Salmon I pack in my golf travel bag,that wouldn't do me any good.