An Edinburgh student has launched a hunt for vital medicine after she discovered it had gone missing when her plane landed in the capital.
Marley Davis, who is currently doing a masters degree at the University of Edinburgh, returned from a trip home to Canada on January 22. On landing in Scotland, she went to retrieve her suitcase from the overhead bins to discover it was nowhere to be seen.
KLM, who operated the service, have said passengers are responsible for personal effects and unchecked baggage on their flights. Marley said someone may have mistaken her suitcase for their own, which contains medication she requires for the next nine months of studying in Edinburgh.
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She added: “I was the last one to come off the plane, but when I went to get my bag, it was gone.
“I spoke to cabin crew and even cleaners and they confirmed there were no bags left on the flight at all. As much as I want to have faith in people and hope that this was a simple mistake, I don’t see how it can be when there wasn’t a similar looking bag left on the plane.”
The student said being without the medication for as little as three days could have a devastating impact on both her physical and mental health. She added: “Between the 3-5 day mark of coming off my medication, I’ll be forced to restart the dosage titration process which I started last year.
“At the time, it was so detrimental to my health I almost had to drop out of my masters - so definitely not something I want to do again. I’ve contacted my GP in Edinburgh in the hope that I can get an emergency prescription but it’s looking unlikely.
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“Even if I’m given the emergency prescription, at most it will cover me through a few weeks so that I can keep going to my classes and trying to find my missing bag here. If my missing luggage doesn’t reappear, I’ll have to fly back to Canada to buy another nine month stock of my medication and fly back to Scotland.”
A spokesperson for KLM commented: "We regret that our passenger had a bad experience due to the disappearance of her carry-on luggage that contained medication.
"In our general conditions, it is stipulated that passengers themselves are responsible for personal effects and unchecked baggage they take into the cabin."
Marley said should the medication not appear, flights to and from Toronto will set her back £1000. Her suitcase is a Delsey slate grey hand luggage size, and was on flight KLM1285 from Amsterdam to Edinburgh on January 22.
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