(HL-사건/법률) What Happens to Lost US Airline Luggage?

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Most people who fly on passenger planes in the United States do not lose their bags -- called “luggage” or “baggage.” Even if the luggage is lost, usually it only is delayed. Most “lost” luggage is found in a few days. Airlines search for the owners of unclaimed bags for up to three months. But when the owners cannot be found or the bags are not claimed, they are sold to a store in the small city of Scottsboro, in the southern state of Alabama. People who shop there often find good products for low prices. About one-half of one percent of all luggage passing through U.S. airports is unclaimed. Many of the missing bags, and what is in them, are sold at the Unclaimed Baggage Center. Seven thousand items arrive at the store every day.
* passenger plane = 여객기/ luggage(= baggage) = (여행용) 짐[수화물]/ even if ~ = (비록) …일지라도, (설사) …이라고 할지라도/ be lost = 분실되다/ be delayed = 지연되다/ be found = 발견되다/ search for ~ = ~를 찾다/ unclaimed = 주인이 나서지 않는/ up to ~ = (특정한 수, 정도)까지/ claim = (자기 권리나 재산이라고 여겨) 요구[요청]하다/ pass through ~ = (어떤 도시 등을) 거쳐[지나]가다/ arrive at ~ = ~에 도착하다

What Happens to Lost US Airline Luggage - WTS.mp3