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Old Jul 16, 2023 | 1:15 am
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Originally Posted by foothills county flier
Departure belt takes all bags to a central carousel. Bags are hand picked for flights.
Arrivals - every carousel has it’s own belt.

If a arriving bag is put on the wrong belt, no one knows where the bag is, except YYC. This is one of the main reasons why bags go missing.



I don’t know one Canadian airport that has a bag sorting system.



I was waiting for this question. US departure bags are scanned for US customs only, and this was required by US customs. Most Canadian airports scan US departure bags by hand. They didn’t want to spend the money for the baggage system to do it. Once bags leave US customs, they are in the dark again.
Good Heavens. No wonder then why The Canadian Airports are so backward. The other question is why would just one arriving bag be put on the wrong belt? Either they come off ULDs or baggage carts and it would be many bags that would be put on the wrong arrival belt.
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