Passengers returning to Manchester from Morocco in early August are still waiting for their luggage after being informed that cockroaches were found in one of the luggage compartments of the plane that brought them to the UK.
According to The Independent, the flight was Royal Air Maroc flight AT818, which flew from Casablanca to Manchester on Thursday, August 15. One of the passengers on the flight told the newspaper that after arriving in Manchester, passengers were unable to collect their luggage even after waiting for 90 minutes.
“It appears that a cockroach infestation was discovered in the cargo hold of the aircraft and no staff were allowed near it for health and safety reasons,” Karen Gee told The Independent.
Only one of the plane’s baggage compartments was affected, so some passengers were able to reclaim their luggage and the flight was still able to load luggage for travelers returning to Casablanca. The Boeing 737 then flew back to Royal Air Maroc’s hub at Casablanca’s Mohammed V International Airport, while Gee and the other passengers waiting for their luggage were instructed to go home.
Once in Casablanca, the Manchester bags were unloaded and the aircraft continued its normal service, flying to Abuja, Nigeria, that same night. However, the bags were not loaded onto the next Royal Air Maroc flight to Manchester, which operated normally on Sunday, The Independent added.
