When you check-in for your London flight or in fact any flight from a UK airport since the security concerns have been heightened you are asked a few simple questions. These simple questions are for everyones safety.
The first question that the check-in staff ask you whether you packed your luggage yourself. This is to ascertain whether there could be anything put in the luggage without your knowledge.
This question is asked to see if there was the possibility of anyone putting anything in your cases without your knowledge.
Despite the many publicised events at airports around the world people still think it is funny to joke about it. Surprisingly there are arrests every month for the passengers who jokingly say, ?There is a bomb in my bag?
Amazingly this wisecrack gets people arrested at airports throughout the country on a regular basis. Airport staff are instructed to take these comments seriously as are the police who must treat every incident as genuine.
Don’t be surprised if you read in the newspapers about someone getting a jail sentence or a fine and community service for doing this.
Once a bomb comment is made it is possible for airport and aircraft to be evacuated which will cause severe disruption and could cause other passengers flights to be delayed thus missing onward connecting flights and facing long waits.
Make sure your luggage is safe at all time and that nobody can interfere with it and make sure anyone travelling with you keeps their jokes to themselves.