Originally Posted by
JDiver
It used to occur commonly when Eagle was big in the Caribbean. An ATR (or previously a Shorts Skyvan) would fly into EIS in the early morning tinkering it's fuel for the ongoing trip, only to find climbing temperature and humidity vs. runway length and elevation and aircraft gross weight meant removing people from the passenger list - or even from their seats. LIAT was iirc more prone to leave baggage behind.
Or not - I wonder if that's what happened to the Eagle Shorts we used to dive off Beef Island. Nice little wreck with a moray taking over the cockpit.
Yes, I remember being on a flight out of Key West on an ATR. There was a ruckus in back with the FAs and I heard them talking about having to offload some carry-ons (there was a cabinet in back for roll-a-boards). Looked out on the tarmac to see many bags sitting there. Kept an eye on mine to make sure it was not left behind! No announcements made, was just going to be an "oh well" in Miami.
