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Outrage as reckless baggage handlers are filmed kicking and hurling suitcases after dragging them from easyJet plane
RECKLESS baggage handlers are filmed kicking and hurling passengers’ suitcases after dragging them from an easyJet plane.
Footage obtained by The Sun shows them lobbing delicate luggage carelessly into a truck, with some crashing on to a concrete runway below.
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One of the men delivers a thumping kick to another bag as he tries to shove it further down the truck, which is next to the easyJet aircraft.
A probe has now been launched after the one-minute clip was filmed at Luton Airport last week.
The furious passenger who captured the incident said: "How can you be so sick and disrespectful?
"Hope these idiots get kicked in the face — and then fired."
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It's not the first time baggage handlers have been caught, with footage of several workers hurling bags into a truck revealed this week.
The staff were recorded at Luton airport last year, with the shocked witness saying: "I know their job is hard and they are trying to have a quick turn around but they’re damaging other people’s property."
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The handlers work for Menzies Aviation, a firm contracted to look after luggage at most UK airports.
It last night branded its employees' behaviour "unacceptable" and launched an investigation.
A spokesman said: "Menzies Aviation considers the safe conveyance of passengers’ luggage to be a matter of the highest importance.
"We will take whatever action is necessary to ensure that such behaviour is stopped, and our professional standards are upheld properly in future."
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EasyJet and Luton Airport also promised to launch a probe.
Last year baggage handlers at Luton were filmed hurling luggage on to a conveyor belt like they were filling up a skip.
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