Belt fails, bags pile up
A total of 6,772 pieces of luggage destined for more than 20 international and domestic flights failed to get on board at Suvarnabhumi Airport yesterday due to a malfunctioning conveyor-belt system.
Somchai Sawasdeepol, general manager of the new airport, said authorities had switched to manual baggage handling to unclog the system.The automatic conveyor-belt system stopped working from 9am to 10am when it was unable to read data. As a result, more than 6,700 bags were left behind, but none of the flights was delayed. Airlines will forward the luggage to passengers and provide compensation for the inconvenience, Somchai said. Kawasaki Co, which installed the baggage-handling system, had "already addressed the problem" but recommended that all baggage be handled manually until noon tomorrow.
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