Passenger Posts Photo of Shredded Luggage on Delta Air Lines Subreddit

Jan 29, 2024

The Delta Air Lines subreddit went wild after someone said their checked bag got shredded on its way to Europe.

"The way delta/airfrance returned my checked baggage. Everything is missing," a person with the username Time_Wall1561 said in a post on Reddit on Sunday. The post included a photo of what appeared to be a mangled blue and black bag with an enormous rip down the middle.

"Only thing left was the airtag strapped to it," the Reddit user wrote in a follow-up post.

In other posts on the platform, the Reddit user said their bag was damaged while they were traveling to Athens via Delta and Air France. They also added that they have now been left "6100 miles away from home with one pair of underwear for 30 days."

"They gave me a new nice bag, not a voucher though. Saving all receipts though hopefully for reimbursement," Time_Wall1561 said in a follow-up post on the bag debacle.

Delta Air Lines lists Air France as one of its partner airlines. The Reddit user did not specify when the flight took place, and Insider was not able to independently confirm their flight details.

Nonetheless, people on the r/delta subreddit were shocked by the state of the bag in the photo and how damaged it was.

"Was that thing hanging out of the plane for the whole flight?" one Reddit user asked in a comment upvoted more than 500 times.

Other commenters were amazed that luggage tags were somehow still intact and hanging onto the bag's handles. And some people wondered how it was even possible to shred a bag so thoroughly.

"Is that bag made from tissue paper?" one person asked.

"It was a durable strong bag. Was is now a keyword," Time_Wall1561 replied.

The shredded bag has also become a fair warning for people thinking of checking a piece of luggage.

"Wow. That's terrible. But it confirms a rule I've always had: never check a soft bag, like a duffel or backpack," said another Reddit user.

Representatives for Delta Air Lines and Air France did not immediately respond to requests for comments from Insider sent outside regular business hours.