Inverness Airport Blunder Sees Two Plane-Loads of Passengers Parted from Their Luggage

June 1, 2023

A spokesperson acknowledged that the baggage was loaded onto the wrong aircraft, but noted it was a very rare occurrence at Inverness Airport while offering an apology to the affected passengers.

By Neil MacPhail

Source Inverness Courier

Passengers waiting for take off at Inverness Airport for a flight to Manchester were told by the captain as they sat on the runway: "Your luggage is going to Belfast."

It appears that baggage handlers loaded all the checked-in items for the Loganair flight to Manchester onto a Belfast City flight instead.