Alaska Airlines is launching an investigation after recent video footage shared to social media showed a baggage handler carelessly throwing luggage from a plane onto a cart below last month.
According to airlines-responds-after-video-shows-worker-carelessly-tossing-bags-from-plane-at-lax/” target=”_blank” rel=”nofollow noopener noreferrer”>KTLA, the cellphone video was taken around 8 p.m. on May 17 at Los Angeles International Airport.
The video shows some of the bags bounce off of the cart and land on the tarmac.
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Alaska Airlines apologized for the incident and said that the worker seen in the video was a contract vendor who will no longer be allowed to work for the airline.
“The video is extremely concerning. The contract vendor clearly violated our policies,” Alaska Airlines said in a statement to airlines-worker-throwing-bags-plane” target=”_blank” rel=”nofollow noopener noreferrer”>Fox News. “We expect all employees to treat the luggage and cargo of our guests as they would their own. We apologize to our guests whose baggage was handled so recklessly.”
Last year, a baggage handler at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport was caught on camera throwing luggage from a Southwest Airlines plane, including baggage labeled as containing live tropical fish.
Southwest Airlines called the footage “deeply concerning” and promised to retrain the employee.
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