Airline worker accuses colleagues of looting fliers' bagsComments 7 | Reco= mmend =0ABuzz up!=0ALike this story? Share it with Yahoo! Buzz =0AFresh= off the news that a major theft ring was broken up at the St. Louis airpor= t,=0AABC News casts a suspicious light on airline workers -- suggesting=0A= they may be responsible for at least some of thousands of items=0Athat flie= rs report "missing" from their luggage each year. In its=0Astory, ABC write= s it talked to "one airline employee has come forward to say the thieves=0A= are actually her co-workers. A Continental Airlines employee in Houston=0At= alked to ABC News affiliate KTRK on the condition that her identity be=0Adi= sguised. The woman said she has seen fellow employees rifle through=0Abags = at Houston's George Bush Intercontinental Airport, saying that=0Awhile secu= rity is tight at check-in, luggage isn't nearly as safe once=0Ait's moved t= o a loading area."=0AABC asked Continental for its take on the accusation. = The airline=0Aissued a statement to the network, saying: "Thefts from bagga= ge are=0Aextremely rare. We have active security operations at airports=0Ai= ncluding IAH [Houston's George Bush Intercontinental Airport]. We=0Aassist = law enforcement agencies in investigating and prosecuting theft=0Acases whe= n they arise." Still, ABC's unnamed airline worker claims "it=0Ahappens eve= ry day."=0AAs for last month's bust of a St. Louis theft ring,=0AThe Associ= ated Press reported that "eight contract baggage handlers for=0ADelta Airli= nes rifled through hundreds of bags of luggage at Lambert=0AAirport over a = period of more than a year, stealing some 900 items=0Aranging from laptops = and iPods to cologne and cigarettes." And that's=0Anot all, according to AB= C, which says another theft was broken up=0Arecently in Hartford in which = =E2=80=9Cstate troopers arrested 11 people who=0Aworked at Bradley Airport = for stealing from bags being unloaded from=0Aflights. Police said the theft= s had been taking place for years." <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> If you wish to unsubscribe from the AIRLINE List, please send an E-mail to: "listserv@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx". Within the body of the text, only write the following:"SIGNOFF AIRLINE".