1,200 laptops a week lost at LAX
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Last year Dell computers commissioned a study that found that 1,200 laptops are lost each week at U.S. airports. Los Angeles leads the pack with 1,200 laptops reported lost or stolen at LAX weekly. Incredibly, most laptops are left behind at security checkpoints, with only 33 percent ever being recovered (17 percent before the flight, 16 percent after).
Now, part of our shock about these numbers comes from the absent-mindedness of travelers who lose sight of a valuable piece of luggage — and one that they probably need to conduct their business or lives at the other end of their flights. But another thought comes to mind: Why don’t the TSA screeners call after people who have left their notebook computers behind — are they themselves too busy? do they assume such left luggage is dangerous and immediately dunk the laptops in a bucket of water?
Calls to LAX and Burbank Airport’s TSA offices went unreturned by posting time, but Sandee McFarland, who works for a private company that manages Burbank’s Bob Hope Airport, says screeners do attempt to page passengers who become separated from their belongings — then lists the most-often lost items.
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