Timeline for Is it true that people "can just take all the luggage off the airport conveyer belt and leave with it."?
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| Dec 4, 2023 at 19:02 | comment | added | WGroleau | At almost any time in a US airport, I can walk in from outside and grab two or more unclaimed bags still sitting on the belt. But, there are cameras on the ceiling and often police or security on the floor. | |
| Mar 6, 2015 at 17:40 | comment | added | alanh | Plus there are no cameras in airports, so you won't get caught. | |
| Mar 6, 2015 at 9:32 | comment | added | Cjxcz Odjcayrwl | @reirab so giving old clothes for free to homeless would solve the issue, but I suppose, the govs hasn't got that idea? | |
| Mar 5, 2015 at 21:40 | comment | added | reirab | I've heard of some airports doing that (another post here mentions Detroit, for example,) but the vast majority of U.S. airports that I've been to don't do that. There is often a security guard around who can watch for such things, though. | |
| Mar 5, 2015 at 21:35 | comment | added | dlanod | Having not done a conclusive survey, I also suspect that baggage collection is moved to an "arrivals only" area in those areas where theft of this kind is most likely to be rife, which mitigates the threat. | |
| Mar 5, 2015 at 21:13 | comment | added | reirab | +1 Another thing to note is that sometimes clothes are exactly what the thief is after. I recall reading articles about the Atlanta airport having problems with homeless people coming in and stealing clothes from bags in the baggage claims. | |
| Mar 5, 2015 at 20:35 | history | answered | dlanod | CC BY-SA 3.0 |