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Re:Deadly stupidity during Aeroflot flight 1492 emergency ev... by biql on Friday May 10, 2019 @01:46PM (#19880308)
It's worth noting that the reason many people take their baggage with them is because airlines often can't be trusted to handle it. Bags get lost, damaged, delayed on reclaim, etc, and they charge extra.

If those problems were solved, airlines could forbid taking anything with you to the cabin with other passengers and evacuation would be easier.

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Re:Deadly stupidity during Aeroflot flight 1492 emergency ev... by mullen on Friday May 10, 2019 @03:32PM (#19881427)
If a airplane crashes, all of the baggage is confiscated whether you took it off the plane or not.

Do you really think that something happens to bring down a plane and they just let the people who took their baggage off the plane during the emergency to just go home with their baggage? I can't believe this has to be explained to anyone.

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Re:Deadly stupidity during Aeroflot flight 1492 emergency ev... by crooked-v on Friday May 10, 2019 @03:42PM (#19881534)
The post you're responding to is talking about the general case of non-emergency travel situations, which would if less poorly handled by airlines, allow for fewer complications in the specific case of emergencies.
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Re:Deadly stupidity during Aeroflot flight 1492 emergency ev... by bipson on Friday May 10, 2019 @02:41PM (#19880872)
Because any of the mentioned problems matter in the case of an emergency where people's lives are in danger.
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