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Footage of Airport Worker Aggressively Flinging Bags Sparks Outrage

“Is that what we pay for checked baggage for?”

An airport worker is under scrutiny over footage that was released of him hurling passengers’ luggage outside the rear door of the jet. Typically, a worker is supposed to pass passengers’ bags to the handler. However, video surveillance shows what appears to be the Madrid airport worker hurling Qatar Airways passengers’ bags onto the tarmac with great force. Viewers on social media have expressed outrage at the lack of regard for passengers’ belongings. “I’ve never seen luggage treated so badly anywhere else; it’s unbelievable,” one person wrote. Some viewers online speculated that it might not be passengers’ luggage but blankets and soft furnishings that are often removed for cleaning. “Suitcases aren’t unloaded at the passenger doors,” one person pointed out. The Daily Beast has contacted Madrid-Barajas Airport for comment.