Dead cow and a car engine amongst strangest items checked-in to fly

A car engine, a dead cow and bag of sand and sea water are among the strangest items that air passengers have tried to check in on flights.

One lady even turned up at a JFK airport check-in desk with family members carrying her bath. It wasn’t even wrapped or packaged.

Check-in staff at Virgin Atlantic were also presented with a giant wheel of cheese and a tarantula hidden in a lady’s coat, according to a survey by the airline from its 32 flying locations.

Other passengers tried to check-in a bag of cutlery stolen from a previous Virgin Atlantic flight at Delhi Airport.

For those who couldn’t quite let go of their holiday there was a a couple who fell in love on the island of Grenada and decided to try and check in a bag full of sand, sea and water as a memory from the island.

Greg Dawson, Director of Corporate Communications commented: “Virgin Atlantic check in staff see thousands of passengers on a daily basis but every now and then, a passenger will arrive at check in with something you would never expect – it certainly brightens up their day.”

Read more at The Telegraph