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Ever lose something at an airport? Tell us about it.

01/15/23

Laptops, cell phones, sunglasses, carry-on bags, suitcases, headphones, stuffed animals, coats, wallets, and wedding rings These are just some of the items travelers leave behind at airports and on airplanes that end up in the lost & found. For a news story we are working on about the systems airports and airlines use to catalog […]

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Don’t leave your stuff at the TSA checkpoint

01/05/20

Resolved to fly more in 2020? How to keep your stuff. In 2019, airline passengers tried to take hundreds of thousands of prohibited and banned items through airport security checkpoints in the United States. Transportation Security Administration officers found hatchets, inert grenades, fireworks, firearms (most of them loaded) and so many knives that the […]

Odd things left at airports

04/23/19

A baby, bowling balls and a glass eye are among the odd things people have left behind at airports.

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Airports & airlines work hard to return lost items

11/03/12

As a recent NerdWallet study points out, the amount of luggage lost by airlines spikes during the holiday travel season. But passengers do their fair share of losing things on airplanes and in airports year-round. In 2011, for example, the lost-and-found department at Portland International Airport (PDX) logged nearly 16,000 misplaced objects. So far this year, passengers have […]

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