Sky News speaks to one frustrated passenger who has been waiting for his luggage for hours following a 12-hour flight with his family from Mauritius.
"Everyone is too tired to sort of argue or complain. If they're like me, they want their suitcase or just want to know when it will arrive.
He added that he saw dozens of deserted cases lying around with their owners nowhere in sight - and presumed they must have been from earlier flights. "It is airlines who transport your baggage from the plane to the baggage reclaim area, as they either employ their own ground staff, or outsource this process to a third party company.Mr Coowar said one airport worker told passengers that luggage was waiting to be loaded onto the carousels but there was no staff to do this."Considering there were so many people waiting for their luggage, it didn't seem like an isolated incident to me.
She said:"The warning signs that all was not well were clear at baggage claim. There were clusters of suitcases without owners grouped around various conveyor belts. I wondered where the owners were."
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