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Old Feb 9, 2017 | 12:08 pm
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Syrgul
 
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Originally Posted by bocastephen

I'm guessing after a sufficient number of people were clubbed in the head by falling bags, a smart engineer decided to enclose the overhead spaces @:-)
I assumed it was all part of the airlines long-long-term plans: "Hey, if we turn these into dedicated storage space, 40 years from now we can start charging people to use them!"
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