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Airline torches woman's baggage
Did your airline lose your luggage recently? Relax, it could be worse. Just ask Barbara Blewitt.When she arrived in Atlantic City recently on a Spirit Airlines flight, she was shocked at what she found: When her luggage materialized, it was burned, including everything inside.
"I had no clothes, no underwear, no cosmetics, nothing but a burned suitcase," Blewitt tells Tampa Bay's 10 News.
The airline reportedly issued Blewitt a "baggage irregularity receipt," but she has yet to receive compensation. Spirit Airlines tells the television channel that it is looking further into the matter. It is still unclear how this might have happened.
Asks Blewitt, "How do I know how good your plane is if you can't even take care of my luggage, or at least say I'm sorry." A fair question.
Here's another one: Why go to Atlantic City in the first place?
Filed under: Airlines, Consumer Activism
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
mike Apr 26th 2008 6:55PM
why am i not suprised ??
Kevin Apr 27th 2008 1:32AM
I can't say for sure, but maybe 'Barbara blew it?' Oxygen is very sparse in luggage. In 34 years in the airline industry, I only saw two bags burn on the inside. One had match books in it and the other had a small pack of fireworks -- it was a back pack, which was completely destroyed -- flammables were and are illegal to carry in baggage. Only these types of substances can burn with no oxygen. Fortunately, neither of these incidents happened while the flight was in the air. Ms. 'blewit' should feel fortunate.