Miami Airport Mayhem: Green Plastic-Wrapped Passenger Tries To Check Himself In As Luggage!
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A passenger at the Miami airport brought another man up to the check-in counters for South American airline LATAM. That man was shrink-wrapped. The man assisting carefully lifts him and places him on a baggage scale. Later, the man in green plastic carefully hops away from the check-in area.
It is very popular for passengers traveling to South America to plastic wrap their luggage. I’ve never understood the impulse, but there are wrapping services sold in check-in halls at many airports. However this is exclusively for luggage, and not for people. But checked bags are cheaper than a second ticket!
The wrapped man’s companion eventually dismantles the green plastic prior to proceeding through security, surrounded by local police.
A man famously checked a beer can as a standalone bag and it made it all the way to baggage claim. American didn’t quite deliver a single bottle of deoderant, though. It most likely got lost in the airport baggage system. People have checked a garbage can and even a plate of sushi has been delivered out to baggage claim.
So many things can get checked! They don’t always make it all the way. And at the same time, you don’t want your items messed with after checking it, either, as United Airlines passengers have sometimes learned when checking bottles of booze. Plastic wrap, though, doesn’t stop TSA inspections!
Human beings, though, cannot be transported as cargo – even if it seems the distinction with modern airline economy is think at best.