Pegasus Airlines Lost My Brain-Computer Interface – Ignored 10 Days
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It contained: – OpenBCI brain-computer interface – Legacy engine with 30+ years of research and personal archives
I contacted Pegasus multiple times — email, WhatsApp, forms — no human response.
I’m outside Turkey, unable to visit the airport.
This isn’t regular luggage — it’s scientific and personal infrastructure. Still no reply.
Pegasus Airlines lost a researcher's checked baggage containing a brain-computer interface and 30+ years of research, prompting frustration and advice from the HN community.
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That being said, I’m interested in your use case for the BCI? From browsing the available literature, it looks like it may be able to track certain parameters, but to what end?
Can it be a chance that customs didn’t allow your luggage to be transferred?
At the same time, you only had one copy of 30 years of research and you put it in checked luggage??
I hope you recover it. I also hope this inspires a backup plan.