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A passenger at Madrid's Barajas airport spotted his family's suitcases left on the tarmac before takeoff. Despite the mishap, their luggage, including cheese, arrived safely later.
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Stunned passenger sees family’s suitcases left on tarmac just before take-off

William McGee
Last updated: 2024/07/17 at 3:01 PM
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Alberto and his grandmother's suitcases on the tarmac at the airport. (Picture: Jam Press)
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A plane passenger was stunned when he saw his family’s suitcases left behind on the tarmac moments before take-off.

Alberto took snaps of the forgotten cases through the plane window.

He then realised they were his.

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The blunder happened at Barajas airport in Madrid, Spain.

He said “At Barajas, about to take off, I look out the window and see two suitcases lying on the runway.

A passenger at Madrid's Barajas airport spotted his family's suitcases left on the tarmac before takeoff. Despite the mishap, their luggage, including cheese, arrived safely later.
Alberto and his grandmother’s suitcases on the tarmac at the airport. (Picture: Jam Press)

“I tell my aunt, ‘Look, they dropped two suitcases.’

“And she says, ‘They look like mine and grandma’s.’ Well, guess what…”

As if that weren’t enough, Alberto went on: “And my grandma’s suitcase with a two-kilo cheese is lying on the runway at Barajas, baking in the 30°C sun.

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“I can’t handle this.”

Despite departing without their luggage on board on He wrote on Saturday (13 Jul), Alberto managed to see the funny side.

Alberto and his family were eventually delivered their left-behind bags at their destination in La Manga, as reported on What’s The Jam.

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A passenger at Madrid's Barajas airport spotted his family's suitcases left on the tarmac before takeoff. Despite the mishap, their luggage, including cheese, arrived safely later.
Alberto and his grandmother’s suitcases returned to him a few days later. (Picture: Jam Press)

He said on Monday (15 Jul): “They’re back home. And against all odds: the cheese is fine.

“This time it wasn’t two kilos, but it turns out it wasn’t travelling alone either.

“There was also a bag of padrón peppers and two chorizos sunbathing among the planes at Barajas.”

A passenger at Madrid's Barajas airport spotted his family's suitcases left on the tarmac before takeoff. Despite the mishap, their luggage, including cheese, arrived safely later.
Alberto’s grandmother’s cheese, chorizo and padron peppers that miraculously survived. (Picture: Jam Press)

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