Just to re-assure you folks - BAA (that's the British Airport Authority) has announced they have 'lost' 5,000 pieces of hand baggage. Yes that's 5,000 - that's the hand baggage they stopped people carrying on to planes in case it contained explosive material.

Apparently they are not 'lost' they are 'in the system' - some may have been sent to other airports in error. So what happened to the rule that your baggage couldn't fly without you?