On October 10th, 2015, two women started fighting at Mumbai Airport after one accidentally hit another with her bag, creating a massive havoc in the airport. This was after a 5-hour long flight to Mumbai from Singapore.
As the box rolled along to reach its owner, a lady picked up her box, hitting another woman standing next to her while trying to load the large box onto her luggage cart.
As if she had been punched, the woman feel over, screaming with grief, as many heads turned their way. Once getting up, she firmly commented, “I am being careful, so why aren’t you?”
After suggesting that she should have asked for help, the other woman responded saying, “I didn’t need help, it was a very light box!” The injured lady then went on to show her friends and relatives nearby her many injuries from the incident.
Spectators nearby ignored the argument, however watched with intent to see if it would escalate. Fortunately it did not, and the two women went on to collect their pieces of luggage and depart from the airport.
This drama seems to beg the question that, are baggage belts safe? This light box caused an injury, so what would the injuries be like with a bigger box? With bigger populations of people coming off flights and crowded around one belt, there seems to be a high potential for injury.
In other places, there have been instances as well where the issue has occurred. With bigger bags, people have swung them off the belt in a rush to make sure it comes off in time, hitting other people nearby in the process.
We usually think of weapons as the greatest things that hurt us, but increasing populations may have us thinking otherwise.
By Om
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