US family credits Apple’s AirTag with tracking stolen luggage, thief

Police discovered the family’s suitcase and the suitcase of another victim whose luggage had also been stolen at the airport.

San Francisco: Apple’s AirTag item tracker helped a vacationing American family track down their stolen luggage and the thief.

According to 9to5Google, the family “turned their vacation to the mountains of North Carolina into a scavenger hunt to find their stolen luggage.”

The news was first reported by Queen City News. The family arrived at Charlotte Douglas International Airport last week and could not find one of their bags at the baggage carousel, according to the report.

However, Catherine Gavino (a member of the family) had hidden an AirTag in the luggage. Gavino was eventually able to track the AirTag to a home in Gastonia, North Carolina, using the AirTag’s location data.

She went to the home and called police when she arrived.

She called the police, who arrived and informed the homeowners of the situation.

They discovered the family’s suitcase and the suitcase of another victim whose luggage had also been stolen at the airport.

Gavino said police informed her that “someone else had called with the same problem. And they had an AirTag,” the report said.

Unfortunately, “there wasn’t much left in the suitcase” when it was found.

The suspect was ultimately arrested and charged with multiple theft crimes, the report said.

Earlier this year, AirTag helped a passenger track down his lost wallet, even after American Airlines couldn’t find it. The passenger shared the incident on

Luckily, he had AirTag in his wallet that allowed him to track it.