{"id":32505,"date":"2026-08-08T13:09:25","date_gmt":"2026-08-08T08:09:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=32505"},"modified":"2026-08-08T13:09:25","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T08:09:25","slug":"utter-carnage-after-baggage-problems-at-airport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=32505","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Utter carnage&#8217; after baggage problems at airport"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"mb-4 min-w-0 leading-7 break-words md:leading-8 col-body text-[18px] charcoal-color\">&#8220;Utter carnage&#8221; unravelled at Birmingham Airport on Friday, according to one passenger, after the airport experienced an &#8220;issue&#8221; with its baggage system.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 min-w-0 leading-7 break-words md:leading-8 col-body text-[18px] charcoal-color\">The airport issued an alert at 14:00 BST, warning passengers that there was a problem which was impacting some outbound luggage, but that engineers were on site working as quickly as possible to resolve it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 min-w-0 leading-7 break-words md:leading-8 col-body text-[18px] charcoal-color\">Russell Griffin, who flew from Birmingham to Ibiza on Friday morning, told the BBC that &#8220;it had been utter carnage from the point we arrived&#8221; and that his luggage, along with many others on the flight, had been left at the airport.<\/p>\n<div class=\"col-fullbleed mb-4 bg-marshmallow pb-5 dark:bg-ramones md:invisible md:mb-0 md:h-0 md:overflow-hidden md:pb-0\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-nowrap justify-center\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full items-center justify-center\" id=\"_R_149bmap4lueknpf9mtbH1_\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><![CDATA[#_R_149bmap4lueknpf9mtbH1_ { display: none; }\n@media screen and (max-width: 767.95px) {\n        #_R_149bmap4lueknpf9mtbH1_ { display: flex; }\n        iframe { max-width: 100vw; }\n      }]]><\/style>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-body hidden dark:bg-ramones [&amp;:has(iframe[height='0'])]:mb-0 [&amp;:has(iframe[height='0'])]:pb-0 md:block\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-nowrap justify-center\">\n<div class=\"flex hidden w-full items-center justify-center\" id=\"_R_249bmap4lueknpf9mtbH1_\">\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><![CDATA[#_R_249bmap4lueknpf9mtbH1_ { display: none; }\n@media screen and (min-width: 768px) {\n        #_R_249bmap4lueknpf9mtbH1_ { display: flex; }\n        iframe { max-width: 100vw; }\n      }]]><\/style>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mb-4 min-w-0 leading-7 break-words md:leading-8 col-body text-[18px] charcoal-color\">Disruption continued on Friday evening, with passengers on board a Ryanair flight to Girona told by the captain that only 25 of 55 checked bags had been loaded, but the flight would have to depart and luggage would be brought to customers&#8217; hotels on Saturday morning.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative col-body mb-2.5\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Crowds of people queue at Birmingham airport. You can see the back of people's heads as they stand still.\" width=\"976\" height=\"549\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/lo\/mysterio\/api\/ec8200791c6e53f0fefc30c3324339109ae7ecb28b495756f0f316d8408295aa\/lightyear_networkapi\/resizefill_w976%3Bquality_80%3Bformat_webp\/https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.zenfs.com%2Fen%2Fbbc_us_articles_995%2F9039895e394cfa4820b868064959cef6\"\/><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;expand&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;image-lightbox&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;lightbox-open&quot;}\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-modal=\"true\" aria-label=\"Image Lightbox\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-[4] size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-[0.875rem]\/[1.25rem] mt-1 line-clamp-2 pr-2.5\">\n<div><span class=\"[&amp;_p]:inline\"><\/p>\n<p>The airport issued an alert at 14:00 BST warning passengers that a problem was impacting some outbound luggage [BBC]<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 min-w-0 leading-7 break-words md:leading-8 col-body text-[18px] charcoal-color\">Griffin, from Tamworth, said his Jet2 flight was due to depart at 07:05 BST, but it was delayed for two and a half hours and it left without 70 bags that should have been on the plane.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 min-w-0 leading-7 break-words md:leading-8 col-body text-[18px] charcoal-color\">He said: &#8220;We boarded the plane at around 06:35 BST and everything appeared normal, until the pilot made an announcement that bags had not been loaded due to the fact all the carousels were still down inside the airport.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 min-w-0 leading-7 break-words md:leading-8 col-body text-[18px] charcoal-color\">&#8220;He read names out of people who had their bags and those who didn&#8217;t, but, the majority of the people stayed on the plane.<\/p>\n<div class=\"col-fullbleed mb-4 bg-marshmallow pb-5 dark:bg-ramones md:invisible md:mb-0 md:h-0 md:overflow-hidden md:pb-0\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-nowrap justify-center\">\n<div class=\"flex\" id=\"_R_1a9bmap4lueknpf9mtbH1_\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><![CDATA[#_R_1a9bmap4lueknpf9mtbH1_ { display: none; 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Engineers are on site and working to resolve this issue as quickly as possible. Terminal colleagues are also working hard to ensure baggage in terminal is being processed as quickly as possible.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 min-w-0 leading-7 break-words md:leading-8 col-body text-[18px] charcoal-color\">We expect this to cause inconvenience for some passengers, and we sincerely apologise for this. 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