Fracas over missing laptop delays flight

Kolkata: A JetLite flight to Bangalore was delayed by 45 minutes and boarding on several flights had to be suspended for 10 minutes on Sunday evening after a passenger complained that his laptop had gone missing from the security hold.
The passenger, Saptarshi Basu, is a Bangalore-based infotech official hailing from Siliguri. After a frantic search, CISF officials found out that a Chennai-bound passenger had picked up Basu's laptop, thinking it was his own. His own laptop, which was similar to Basu's, was found in the deposit rack for hand baggage.
Around 5 pm, Basu, who was to board the JetLite flight to Bangalore, went in for security check. But his laptop was missing on the other side of the X-ray machine.
"Security check was on for 400-odd passengers. CISF officials suspended all boardings," said an AAI official.
CISF officials found out from the CCTV footage that Basu's baggage had been picked up by another passenger, who turned out to be S B Hari, a Chennai-bound SpiceJet passenger. Hari's laptop was later found at the deposit rack were hand baggage are kept after frisking.
"The JetLite flight took off at 5.55 pm, 45 minutes behind schedule..," said an airline official. Since Basu was yet to go through all the formalities, the flight took off without him. He was accommodated on an AI flight that took off at 7.55 pm.
30/03/09 Times of India

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