Of all the things that could go wrong on a trip, losing your luggage might just top the list.
Malaysian YouTuber @sofyank96 recently shared an unfortunate experience — another passenger on his flight allegedly took his bag by mistake. What made it worse is that the bag contained a hard disk which had an important video project.
Luckily for the content creator, the online community came through and he was eventually able to locate his precious belongings.
On Thursday (25 May), Sofian landed at Changi Airport while aboard a FlyScoot plane from Malaysia.
Instead of a smooth transit from the plane to the airport, he found that someone had accidentally taken his carry-on.
Desperate to retrieve his belongings, the YouTuber turned to Twitter and Facebook in a plea for help.
In his initial tweet, he asked his followers to spread the message “until that person notices”.
Source: Twitter
In the following tweets, Sofian shared that the bag contained important essentials like his “wallet, laptop, and hard disk containing unpublished project files and videos”.
He then shared that when he visited the lost and found department, he saw a familiar backpack that might have belonged to the other passenger.
Thankfully, Sofian had an AirTag in his wallet, which allowed him to track his bag’s location.
At about 10.30am the next day, he received a notification that the bag was at Clark International Airport in the Philippines.
Source: Twitter
On Friday (26 May), a delighted Sofian shared on Facebook that he’s managed to contact the passenger with his bag.
In the post, he thanked his online community and Clark International Airport for their cooperation.
Apparently, some of his followers had even spread the word to their friends in the Philippines for help.
As it turns out, Sofian’s original Twitter post garnered over 24,000 retweets, while his Facebook post has about 2,500 shares.
What was a nightmare situation turned out to be a wholesome story about the power of social media.
Thanks to the cooperation of the online community and the airport, Sofian managed to locate his belongings within a day.
Kudos to the savvy YouTuber for also having the foresight to have an AirTag in his wallet. Hopefully, he will be able to return to his work as soon as he receives his belongings.
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Featured image adapted from Facebook and Twitter.
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