Originally Posted by
Yeoman5
No announcement was made on board. I guess they don't in order to avoid passengers making a fuss before take off.
I experienced a similar case some years ago when a couple of snowflakes shut LHR for two days near to Christmas. The pilot flew to Rome knowing no bags were loaded. One of our bags finally arrived on 26th, the other was never found.
I can certainly assure you that the bag was indeed “found”.