Toddler has wild ride on airport baggage belt (video)

Post by **Clutch Cargo** » Fri Jul 26, 2019 9:52 am

Two-year-old toddler injured after wild ride on a US airport baggage belt

Edith Vega looked away for "one second" to print her boarding pass, she told police. But that was all the time it took for her 2-year-old son, indulging a curiosity that has struck even grown-up travellers, to climb up on a baggage conveyor belt behind a ticket counter at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport.

Surveillance video footage shows the child's ride Monday afternoon taking him through a behind-the-scenes labyrinth that few travellers ever see. Footage shows Vega and airline workers rushing to the belt and peering through the flaps that bags go through, looking for her son.

According to the video, the toddler climbed over suitcases in a moving obstacle course, tunnelled through an X-ray screening machine, headed up a chute and finally ended up in a Transportation Security Administration screening room, where several agents spotted him and rushed to help.

Full report: http://www.traveller.com.au/twoyearold- ... elt-h1gka0

timmydownawell · Post by **timmydownawell** » Fri Jul 26, 2019 12:43 pm

Poor kid broke his hand. I guess that ride isn't nearly as much fun as you'd imagine. I'd like a printout of my x-ray though.

Duncan · Post by **Duncan** » Fri Jul 26, 2019 12:48 pm

Sue the bastards for million for not having safety rails and signs saying do not ride on baggage belt.

Doc67 · Post by **Doc67** » Fri Jul 26, 2019 2:03 pm

Interesting to see what goes on behind that carousel. Quite an inspection team out there...