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Jade Goody arrives in India, baggage doesn’t

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Shashank Shekhar

Posted: Aug 16, 2008 at 0122 hrs IST

Mumbai, August 15 Jade Goody, who arrived at Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport to much fanfare, was in for a rude shock as she found that all her baggage had been left behind in London. Also, along with Goody, more than 200 passengers aboard Virgin Atlantic’s VS 350 flight did not receive their baggage after landing at the Mumbai airport.

“Passengers faced a lot of inconvenience after landing as they could not move out of the airport since there baggage had not arrived. They felt restless and also picked up arguments with the airline’s ground staff,” said an airport official.

“Jade’s baggage has not arrived yet. It will arrive tomorrow,” said an official who is associated with the production house responsible for flying her down to participate in a reality show.

“I have been informed that my luggage would arrive a couple of days later. I am lucky to have my family here, but those without any option are really angry. Many have outstation plans which makes it difficult for them to come back to collect their baggage,” said Rupen Patel, another passenger who was on board.

The passengers also complained that there was nobody from the airline to help them fill the baggage reclaims form as well.

“We did have an issue with the baggage handling of passengers coming in from London as there was a system failure at Terminal 3 at Heathrow. Although we managed to send all the flights, when most airlines had to cancel their flights, we had issues with the baggage of the Mumbai flight which will be delivered tonight,” said Neha Lidderganju, General Manager, Virgin Atlantic, India.

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