A TikTok post by an Air Canada passenger has gone viral after the traveller posted a clip of her suitcase being left behind on the tarmac as her plane prepared for take-off.
Hannah McCormick, a travel nurse from BC, was travelling from Vancouver to Nanaimo on Tue. April 9. As the plane moved for take-off, she looked out the window and saw her white suitcase sitting by itself on the tarmac.
“When your plane is literally taking off and you see JUST your suitcase left behind,” the video caption states.
@nothannahmargie cmon aircanada #travelnurse #yvr #vancouver ♬ dźwięk oryginalny – Marcin
The 6-second clip received over 830,000 likes, 30,000 shares, and thousands of comments since it was posted on Wednesday, with commenters noting everything from “This would destroy me” to how they would “cry [for] the whole plane [ride] and the who[l]e trip.”
She told a local news outlet that she was unsure of what to do because the plane was already on its way.
“I literally was looking out the window going ‘Oh my gosh that’s my bag,’” she said, adding that all of her things were in the bag, and she was on her way to a nursing placement to start a new contract on Vancouver Island.
When she landed in Nanaimo, she spoke to an Air Canada attendant, and they made an urgent request to put McCormick’s suitcase on the next flight.
In another post, McCormick confirmed that an attendant found her bag—and she McCormick the missing suitcase later that day.
“I am so grateful to this amazing human who did this for me, appreciate it so much,” McCormick said, referring to the agent.
@nothannahmargie Replying to @NBG #greenscreen ♬ original sound – hannnn
Air Canada has a baggage tracing webform for passengers to fill out if their luggage is lost.
“We will do everything possible to locate your delayed baggage. We trust that our combined efforts will bring a favourable resolution,” the Air Canada website states.
Air Canada has a maximum liability of CA $2,339 for damaged, delay, or lost baggage (although passengers must follow specific steps within certain timeframes to be eligible for compensation).
To improve your chances of recovering lost luggage, experts recommend taking photos of your luggage prior to travelling (as well as taking note of the color and type of your bag).