🛫 Aviation · Flowchart
Airport Baggage Handling Flow
The journey of a checked bag through an airport: check-in, security screening, sorting to the right flight and loading, with exceptions.
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What this diagram shows
- Every bag passes multi-level security screening
- Barcode or RFID tags route bags to the right make-up belt
- Bags of passengers who don't board are offloaded
Prompt used
Airport baggage handling flowchart: the passenger checks in and the bag gets a barcode/RFID tag, it goes on the conveyor to hold baggage screening (level 1 automatic X-ray, level 2 operator review, level 3 manual search if still unclear). Cleared bags are read by scanners and sorted to the flight's make-up belt; unreadable tags go to manual encoding. Bags are loaded into containers and onto the aircraft, reconciled against boarded passengers, and offloaded if a passenger does not board.
Mermaid code
flowchart TD
A[Check-in: bag tagged with barcode / RFID] --> B[Conveyor to screening]
B --> C{Level 1 X-ray clear?}
C -->|Yes| F[Tag reader]
C -->|No| D{Level 2 operator clear?}
D -->|Yes| F
D -->|No| E[Level 3 manual search]
E -->|Cleared| F
E -->|Threat| X[Security handles bag]
F -->|Tag unreadable| G[Manual encoding station] --> F
F -->|Read OK| H[Sort to flight make-up belt]
H --> I[Load into container]
I --> J{Passenger boarded?}
J -->|Yes| K[Load onto aircraft]
J -->|No| L[Offload bag]Related templates
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