An Air Canada passenger has gone viral after sharing the stressful moment he realized his suitcase had been left behind on the tarmac as his plane was about to take off.
British Columbia-based travel nurse Hannah McCormick is currently going viral after posting a TikTok of a plane passing in front of her bag as it prepares to take off.
“When I realized the plane was literally about to take off and my suitcase was the only thing left behind,” the video’s caption reads.
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McCormick told Daily Hive that she was on a flight from Vancouver to Nanaimo on April 9 when she looked out the window and panicked.
“I was literally looking out the window thinking, ‘Oh my god, this is my bag,'” she told Daily Hive.
“I didn’t really know what to do because I knew the plane was already on its way to takeoff. I felt like there was nothing I could do.”
Upon landing in Nanaimo, she went to the Air Canada desk and “started crying.”
The situation was even more stressful for McCormick because she was leaving a nursing facility in Kelowna to start a new contract in Cowichan Bay on Vancouver Island. She told Daily Hive: [her] My work stuff was in my bag.
McCormick told the Air Canada flight attendant about the situation and received an urgent request to put his suitcase on the next flight.
Luckily, everything went well for McCormick, and he got his stuff back the same day.
She posted a follow-up TikTok explaining that she was in contact with an Air Canada employee who helped arrange her safe arrival.
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As for her video going viral, McCormick said she was “really surprised” to see how it blew up.
The video has now been viewed 5 million times and has been flooded with comments.
One sympathetic commenter said: “I’m so frustrated I’m going to sob.”
“This will destroy me,” added another.
“I would have stood up and yelled, ‘Stop the plane!'” said another.
McCormick explained that she initially sent the video to a few friends.
“Looking back, I thought the situation was strange and I just recorded it as evidence to show Air Canada,” she said.
In a statement to Daily Hive, Air Canada said “our baggage delivery rates are in the low 90s, but unfortunately there are times when bags are delayed.”
“In this case, we regret that your baggage was delayed, but it was delivered after your flight.”
Air Canada advises all customers to attach a name tag with their contact information to their baggage and to keep the contact information inside their bag in case the outer tag is removed.
