The checked baggage of the talented trio - and that of a good few passengers who shared the same flight from Los Angeles to Amsterdam - is somewhere between California and the Netherlands, while they are scheduled to dock in Germany today.
Musically speaking, the Beautiful South surely created the anthem to lost luggage: "Rotterdam or anywhere - Liverpool or Rome?"
The odds are that the three singing superstars will be reunited with their bags in Stockholm, Helsinki or Copenhagen. Most misrouted baggage eventually catches up with the owner. But the chances that the luggage you entrust to global aviation might stray are alarming.
During 2022, airlines collectively misplaced 26 million pieces of luggage, according to the aviation communications organisation Sita.
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