‘Tears Were Rolling Down My Cheeks’: Lufthansa Forced a Soloist To Carry Her 243-Year-Old Violin ‘Bare’ On a Flight

Lufthansa's strict check-in policy potentially exposed a violinist's 243-year-old violin to damage, highlighting a vulnerability in airline cargo handling procedures.

A German violin soloist and professor at HMT ‘Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy’ in Leipzig says she was left with tears rolling down her cheeks when Lufthansa’s check-in agents at Helsinki Airport, Finland, gave her an ultimatum – check her 243-year-old violin int…