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Old 8th Oct 2017, 15:08
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What happens to hold baggage?

Question: after a diversion to a remote field without facilities, such as this one, or the Swiss 777 at Iqaluit earlier this year, what happens to hold baggage? Is it always transferred to the aircraft that evacuates the pax, or does it sometimes wait until the airline flies in baggage-shifting equipment, or even until the failed aircraft is repaired and flown out? If the latter, that's quite an incentive to carry on as much as you can ...
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