Family kicked off a JetBlue plane

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Originally Posted by Avenger

Press release says the aircraft departed with the disembarked pax luggage still on board ? Double standards of security I would say!

B2N2 got it right. The baggage issue is a red herring. There was no risk whatsoever if the bags stayed on board after the miscreants were disembarked. They checked the bags with every intention of flying.

[Hotel Tango]

They checked the bags with every intention of flying.

This could never be a 100% certainty. In my book the bags would have to be removed!

[ExXB]

This is so ‘last year’ ... literally July 2017.