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Did you read the sentence right after that one? "Around 25m of them (5.7 per 1k bags checked) end up lost or misdirected. The 0.03% of bags that are still not
by handoflixue 3y ago
Did you read the sentence right after that one?
"Around 25m of them (5.7 per 1k bags checked) end up lost or misdirected. The 0.03% of bags that are still not reunited with their owners after 90 days are sold by the airline."
0.03% of 25m, and it's only after 90 days.
- cpncrunch 3y agoBut it doesn't explain why they can't use the tags to locate the owners. I did find the answer (see my other comment), but it wasn't from this article.
- McDyver 3y agoYes, although that doesn't seem correct. That would be 7500 a year. When they say the founder was buying 3k a month, either the RF ids are great at reducing the losses worldwide, or something is wrong with those numbers.
- IanCal 3y agoI'm pretty sure that's a mistake. 1.3M are never claimed according to the figures early on, that's 0.003% of the total figure.
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- mrb 3y agoActually it's 0.03% but the mistake is elsewhere. The correct figures are that 1.3M out of 4.36B checked bags (so 0.03%) are lost and never claimed. The infographic incorrectly states "43.6B" (should be 4.36B, to be consistent with the text that see states "4.3B").