Summary A man disguised as luggage was taken to the check-in counter at Miami Airport, confusing onlookers. Possibly weighing around 199 pounds, the baggage-man was well above LATAM Airlines' limit of up to 99.2 lbs.
The video of the man-bag was shared on Instagram by a citizen journalism account, Only in Dade. Many things are not permitted in checked bags on flights , but can people be taken on aircraft as checked baggage ? Well, sometimes it's worth a try. A video of a man hopping around disguised as luggage at the Miami International Airport has just emerged on social media .
However, it seems the airline saw right through the ruse and sent the bag hopping on home. Man-bag drop off Around 22:00 on August 27, a man tightly swaddled in luggage wrap hopped up to the LATAM Airlines check-in counter. The baggage-man was guided by an apparent passenger.
The apparent passenger helped guide his hopping baggage to the baggage-drop counter where he picked up to the barcode scanner to check in his lively luggage for the LATAM flight. The man-bag then sat on the scale as onlookers gawked in bewilderment. It is unclear how much the man-bag weighed, but the average adult man's weight in the United States is 199 pounds.
This could make the man-bag around twice the maximum weight permitted for checked luggage. While most airlines (like American Airlines) only permit individual pieces of luggage to weigh up to 50 lbs, LATAM Airlines allows baggage up to 99.2 lbs per piece.
At any rate, 199 pounds is likely far above what airport staff are permitted to lift for safety reasons. The video was shared on Instagram by Only in Dade - a comedy social media account. Only in Dade's account's profile reads " Citizens Journalism đď¸ The Good đ The Bad đł The Funny.
" The video was posted with the caption, " What in the âshrink wrapâ is going on here ?" The baggage system at an airport can span miles and effectively transfers luggage from the check-in desk to the aircraft and back, most of the time. The Dikko affair While the wrapped man at Maimi may have been a gag, there have been serious attempts to check people as baggage onto flights. According to the BBC , in 1983, the government of Nigeria was overthrown by a coup, leading to the former Minister of Transport, Mr.
Dikko, fleeing to London. He was labeled "Nigeria's most wanted man" as he was accused of embezzling $1 billion of public funds. The Nigerians hatched a plan to kidnap him and return him to Nigeria to face justice for his crimes.
In 1984, they enlisted the help of former Israeli Mossad agents and injected him with an anesthetic before placing him in a crate. They called the crate a "diplomatic pouch" and attempted to load it on a Nigerian Airways 707 at Stanstead Airport. Airport staff are not permitted to open diplomatic pouches.
However, the paperwork wasn't correct, and the crate wasn't labeled "Diplomatic Bag' as required. Suspicious, the airport staff opened the "diplomatic pouch" to find Dikko and the Israeli anesthetist in two crates. A Nigerian intelligence officer, along with three Israelis, all received prison sentences in the UK, and the incident created a diplomatic spat between Nigeria and the UK.
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