Originally Posted by
rfw1
As a matter of interest, How do airlines treat people who loose their bags in a evacuation like this ?
For arguments sake say a bag with Passport , Wallet , $2000 currency , Medication, and $2500 worth of assorted camera / electronics kit.
Well, lets take a first world flag carrier, accident at a main base for said carrier and in a first world country... answer seems to be "you're on your own not our problem".
See e.g.
BBC NEWS | UK | Passenger criticises BA treatment (there were other horror stories too).
Expect carriers and airports of lower reputation to be worse.
This is why pax take bags.
[I note from that story that all pax were seen by doctors, however I have been unable to establish if that was for the purpose of covering the airline against injury compensation claims or for assisting pax needing medication. I know which I suspect.]