As you pack your bags for your upcoming holiday, the last thing you expect is your luggage to be delayed, mishandled, or lost. After all, nothing turns a trip sour faster than facing troubles from the start while you’re still standing at the baggage carousel. But let me tell you, the only thing worse than a delayed piece of luggage is a damaged one. And no, not a little worse for the wear, we mean completely destroyed.
Although airlines are getting much better at making sure passengers’ belongings are safe and sound, an unfortunate fact is that dozens, if not hundreds, of bags are being ruined every day. So our team at Bored Panda has taken up the task to scour the internet and collect the most shocking and frustrating pictures people have ever shared online.
From broken suitcases to shattered laptops and clothes ripped into thousand miniature pieces, we’ve gathered a collection of examples you wouldn’t wish on even the most annoying traveler. So continue scrolling to check them all out, and remember to upvote the most unexpected ones. Then be sure to share your thoughts, as well as personal experiences, with us in the comments!
#1 TSA Spilling His Mothers Ashes
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#2 At Least He Could See The Funny Side
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#3 Stealing Video Games From Someone’s Luggage
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#4 My Uncle’s Suitcase After His Flight
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#5 Laptop Run Over By An Airport Baggage Cart
This was fortunately not my laptop! Felt sorry for the poor guy though – his entire bag was run over and torn to shreds.
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#6 Airport Forklift Went Through Pelican Case And 2 Computers Inside
Worked at a fruit stand for a while as a “smart person”, one day a fairly popular music group came in frantic cause they had a show that night. Ends up that they checked in the computers on the flight and when they got them the pelican case had a sizable crack in it. They opened the case to find the computer(pictured) “stabbed” and the one under it with a destroyed screen. Ends up the forklift the airport was using stabbed the case and destroyed the computers within. A co-worker spent a few hours moving hard drives (they had SSDs) and reinstalling the OS to have everything work on the new machines.
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#7 Air Italy Completely Destroyed My Bag
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#8 I Feel Bad For The Suitcase Owner
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#9 “Rare” Delta Damaged Baggage
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#10 When You Get This Instead Of Your Luggage
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#11 This Happened Last Year. They Told Us Our Suitcase Must Have Fallen Off The Transport Truck. Everything Inside Was Gone, Yet They Managed To Retrieve The Bag
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#12 PSA: Alaska Isn’t Responsible For Ski/Snowboard Equipment, Even When They Do This To Your Bag. Frustrating Thing Was The Flight Never Left The Airport
Checked bag, flight canceled, picked up the bag looking like this.
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#13 Airline Ruined My Bag And Everything Inside It
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#14 I Had A Flight With RyanAir And My Checked-In Baggage And My Things Were Completely Destroyed
Broken devices, broken perfumes, torn cables, lost clothes. What should I do after filing a claim at the airport?
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#15 Flying And Lost Your Luggage? Maybe It’s In This Airport Dumpster
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#16 Heads Up Everyone, United Airlines Has Proven To Me Once Again Why They Are The Worst Airline
Multiple times this year this has happened. Lost my boards, broke my boards but said they couldn’t do anything because “the board bag wasn’t damaged”. Now we have Boards, Wetsuits, AND board bags damaged and wetsuits missing. I would like to get some money for this from United but countless times this year they have rejected my claims. At least my favorite board is in one place.
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#17 This Luggage Left On The Airport Tarmac
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#18 This Is Just Sad
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#19 The Bag Handle Came Alone On The Luggage Belt
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#20 So Much For “Fragile.” I Filed A Claim For Damaged Baggage. Do You Know How Fast And Hard This Needs To Be Running Against A Surface To Get This Damaged?
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#21 Delta Rolled Over And Destroyed My Luggage And Now They Want Me To Provide Receipts
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#22 TAP Air Portugal Just Returned My Luggage They Lost Last Week. Not Only Did They Destroy The Brand-New Suitcase, Lots Of Stuff Is Missing
It was a nice way to cap off an anniversary trip.
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#23 Someone Flying Out Of DFW Is Going To Have A Rough Time In A Few Hours
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#24 TSA Unpacked But Didn’t Repack My Favorite Haunted Mansion Mug But Left A Note
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#25 Having To Pay To Have My Luggage Treated Like This
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#26 Abysmal Service From Jet2, Before Boarding A Flight For My Holiday. Do Not Feel Pressured Into Accepting An Inferior Bag, After They Have Destroyed Your Suitcase
Very poor customer care, think twice about using this company!
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#27 To Everyone Awaiting BCC-Exclusive Covers Of Aberrant And Banjax. I Had My Entire Stock (Several Hundred Dollars) Ruined. Thanks To A Forced Gate Check By American Airlines
My suitcase arrived 12 hours after I landed literally dripping wet.
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#28 About £100 Of Damage, When Gatwick Burnt And Ruined My Suitcase And I Get £37.50 Back A Month Later. Just Gotta Laugh Really
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#29 The Aftermath Of Your Routine Baggage Inspection At The San Diego Airport
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#30 Airport Authorities Did This To My Favorite Backpack (Nike Air Max)
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#31 What The TSA Do With Your Luggage When They Can’t Close It Back
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#32 So I Just Picked My Bag Up At The Airport And It Looks Like This
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#33 If You Ever Wondered About The Results Of Airline Workers Throwing Bags, This Is The Surprise You Get At Luggage Claim. And Lots Of Dirty Clothes
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#34 “I Thought If I Covered It In Clothes I Could Check It In On My Flight And It Would Be Ok!”
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#35 This Is How Spirit Airlines Treated My Brand New $4,000 PC On My Flight From LA To Florida. This PC Is My Job. It’s Destroyed
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#36 Thank You, Airport Staff, For Crushing My Luggage Enough To Ruin My Steelbook Case. At Least The Discs Were Not Harmed
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#37 American Airlines Leaving My Bags Out In The Rain
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#38 Malindo Air I Have Been Struggling To Reach Someone Responsible At Your Organization For Damaged Baggage During My Travel From Perth To Cochin
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#39 Came From An 8-Hour Flight Just To Find That The People Of The Airport Broke Into My Luggage
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#40 Wish I Hadn’t Paid To Check This Bag… Kinda Curious How They Managed To Break Both Zippers Though
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