Ever wonder what happens to your suitcase after dropping it off at the airline check-in counter? Well, so did Detroit news station WDIV, which is why they stuck a camera on a piece of luggage to show the 11-13 minute POV journey to your plane’s gate.
Typically, your bag is transferred to a conveyor belt after being dropped off, where it then makes its way to a sorting office, where staff or robots direct it to the right plane or store it for a later flight. A bag tag printed during check-in has a barcode that can be read by computers and RFID chips to ensure it goes to the right destination, even with transfers. If something is found to be suspicious in your bag, it winds up in a robot room that moves bags between stations.
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