Airport’s Problems Blamed On Problems

It’s been a while since anyone heard any horror stories from the Philadelphia International Airport, so it’s just about time for some new problems at the Philadelphia International Airport.

The recent problem concerns the airport’s luggage conveyor belt at the A-West Terminal, which has broken down six times in the past week. It’s forced overseas flights to leave without passengers’ luggage, delayed several flights and, of course, pissed a bunch of people off.

It’s okay, though, because things are on the up and up:

Airport officials, who are responsible for maintaining the belt, are still trying to determine if the glitches are due to design flaws, the heavy load of bags on the belt, or the way US Airways employees are using it, Isdell said.

Mark Gale, the airport’s deputy director for operations, said he expected the problem to be resolved “very quickly,” but he did not estimate how long that would be.

Okay, so it’s either the luggage, the design or the employees operating it. I’m glad we’ve narrowed the problem down.

New Phila. luggage woes for US Airways [Inquirer]