Baggage handler sacked over camel suit prank
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The Qantas baggage handler who took a camel suit out of a man's bag and wore it on the tarmac at Sydney airport has been sacked.
Yesterday Qantas stood down the person believed to be responsible, pending an investigation.
Qantas says the incident was caught on closed-circuit-television and confirmed the identity and actions of the worker.
Passenger David Cox was waiting to board his Qantas flight when he saw a baggage handler wearing the costume.
He says he was shocked to realise his luggage had been interfered with.
"It's the kind of larrikin thing that an Australian would do, but given the current situation, particularly with Schapelle Corby, the issues of airport security and privacy and your luggage remaining secure, it's obviously a poor decision," Mr Cox said.
"I obviously was flabbergasted, my jaw dropped to the ground," he added.
Accused drug smuggler Schapelle Corby's legal team says it is considering how to introduce the incident as evidence in her case.
The Gold Coast businessman who is financing Corby's defence of drug trafficking charges in Bali, says the incident is further evidence of airline staff interfering with the baggage of passengers.
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