Passenger attempts to check himself as luggage at Miami International Airport

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There have been other unusual instances of items being checked as luggage. A man famously checked a beer can as a standalone bag that made it all the way to baggage claim. In contrast, American Airlines failed to deliver a single bottle of deodorant, likely lost in the airport baggage system. Other items like garbage cans and even plates of sushi have also made it to baggage claim.

Many items can be checked, although they do not always make it through intact or undisturbed. United Airlines passengers have sometimes learned this when checking bottles of alcohol that were tampered with during transit. Plastic wrap does not prevent TSA inspections either.

Human beings cannot be transported as cargo, despite any perceived similarities with modern airline economy class conditions.