Video shows luggage conveyor belt journey in Manchester

Video shows luggage conveyor belt journey in Manchester

Travelers at the airport are often anxious about their luggage, and those moments waiting for bags to show up on a turnstile can seem like forever after a long in-flight journey. 

Minutes pass as other passengers claim their luggage -  that looks like yours, but definitely isn't yours - and you try desperately to remember whether or not you were nice enough to the woman in charge of putting your bag on that initial conveyor belt. 

Would she mistag your bag? Where would she send it? Where is it suppose to go? How does it all work?

Well a new video might put this mind at ease, as a bag's airport journey, from check-in to hold, is caught on camera.

Shot at Manchester airport, the short clip is a fascinating behind-t he-scenes look into how luggage ends up in the right place.  

The scenes are from the Airport's terminal 2, which according to Manchester Evening News, has a conveyor belt system over eight miles long.  

The video shows the bag leaving the check-in desk, where it is assigned a tag with barcode that indicates where it needs to go. 

Manchester Airport, pictured, is said to have eight miles of conveyor belts, delivering luggage to and from the aircrafts - a long journey that happens before you even get on the plane

What happens to your suitcase after you check it? Video from Manchester Airport's terminal 2 shows the entire process, including where it starts - at the check-in counter to be tagged

Terminal 2 at Manchester Airport is said to have an underground of conveyors approximately eight miles long! No wonder it takes time for bags to show up at the end of a journey

This behind the scenes look will show you the journey your checked suitcase takes before you even get on the plane - a series of twists and turns, all determined by the small barcode it receives at the check-in counter

It then passes through conveyors, continuing to be scanned, as it makes the journey through the airport's underbelly and into the bag handlers hands, who load it onto the plane. 

Pictured, the journey that your suitcase takes after you check it in at the airport, eight miles of conveyors at Manchester airport's terminal 2- no wonder it takes so long!

Have you ever wondered what happened to your suitcase after you left it at the check-in counter? This video shows the process of that and how a little barcode takes it on its journey

Seeing how long the journey is, may lessen your anxiety the next time your bag is taking so long to show up. 

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