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Airline passenger claims US$1,500 in losses
– says bag handlers come prepared to break into luggage
Robbed passenger:
Raymond Romascindo
One airline passenger will be sure to keep all his valuables on his person the next time he travels.
Raymond Romascindo is convinced that luggage handlers who work the various airlines may be coming to their jobs “well prepared” to break into travelers’ suitcases.
Romascindo said that two of his suitcases were so neatly broken into that he believes a special device was used to cut the metal zips which hold the padlocks.
The Enmore, East Coast Demerara resident reportedly got a nasty shock earlier this week when he opened his traveling bags only to find that several expensive gifts that he had bought his family were missing from the cases in which he had packed them.
Romascindo, who returned to Guyana on Monday, said he was coming from Miami and had taken a Caribbean Airlines’ flight. The plane had made its regular stop in Trinidad and Tobago but they had to spend a few hours there since checks were being done to the plane.
However, he later joined the flight and flew to Guyana. After arriving at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA), he said he went through the necessary clearance and then uplifted his suitcases and headed home.
All this time, nothing appeared to be amiss with his luggage. “The bag looked normal; there was nothing to show that it had been tampered with.”
According to the passenger, his son’s birthday was approaching, so he bought him a Samsung Smart phone costing around US$600. He also said he bought his son a ‘brand name’ watch and was carrying several pieces of ‘brand name’ hats which another relative had sent for family members. Each hat cost US$40.
One of the suitcases that was broken into.
Romascindo explained the anger he felt, when he opened his suitcases to see several of the items missing and the empty watch and cell phone cases still seated among his clothing.
He told Kaieteur News that he is convinced that the bag handler who entered his luggage used something to cut the zip. “If you see how clean this zip handle was cut. The fact that one zip was cut, the padlock held on to the second one so it did not look strange. They had to use something to cut this zip,” Romascindo insisted.
According to Romascindo, when he sought clarification from the airline about his problem he was told that he should have checked his luggage before leaving the airport. The passenger is adamant that if he leaves his luggage in the care of the airline it is their duty to protect and secure his items.
He explained also that he is unable to say exactly where his bag was tampered with and reiterated that the plane did spend some time in Trinidad.
The passenger is warning other unsuspecting travelers and says, “I would not want something like this to happen to someone else.”
(Zena Henry)
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