‘No damages for articles left behind in aircraft’

New Delhi: Can an airline be made to compensate for articles missing from an aircraft after a passenger leaves them behind?
No, says Delhi Consumer Commission. Items left behind by a passenger as a result of his or her own negligence cannot be considered the air carrier’s fault, it has ruled.
The commission was hearing a petition filed by S K Srivastava, who had boarded an Air India flight on February 9 from Delhi to Sydney via Singapore. Srivastava was carrying a polythene bag containing two digital cameras.
After getting off at Singapore, he found his bag missing and lodged a complaint.
When Srivastava reached Sydney a day later, he was told the lost articles could not be located. His plea to Air India to compensate for the cameras was dismissed.
21/11/09 Indian Express

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