British Airways is no stranger to losing luggage

British Airways (BA) was recently taken to task on social media after it asked legendary cricketer Sachin Tendulkar his full name, after the sportsman complained that his baggage had gone missing. However, the airline is no stranger to losing baggage, according to the experts in the aviation sector. On several occasions the airline has also received negative reviews and feedback from its passengers.

Last year, when sarod maestro Ustad Amjad Ali Khan was traveling with BA, his instrument went missing.

The Padma Vibhushan awardee had gone to London along with his wife Subhalaxmi for a performance at Darlington College to celebrate the life of Nobel laureate Rabindranth Tagore on June 21 and returned on the night of June 28.

His wife and him were traveling first class on British Airways flight (BA-143) on their return journey from London.

“But when we arrived at Delhi airport on June 28, I could not find my priceless sarod. We waited there for four to five hours while the airline people tried to trace the instrument. But they were not successful, and said it would most likely come by the next flight,” Mr Khan had told the media. He even took to online social networking service Twitter. Earlier, in 1997, BA had allegedly misplaced the musician’s instrument.

In another notable incident, when Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan traveled to Toronto with his family in 2008 for his Unforgettable tour, he also complained that he his baggage had been misplaced. According to Mr Bachchan, several passengers who were traveling from London to Toronto realised after getting down in Toronto that their baggage had not yet arrived.

Around 40 to 50 people had to face a similar ordeal on October 28 last year, when a flight from Heathrow landed at Terminal 2 at around 12.30 am, but passengers with connecting flights to other cities could not find their luggage.