Delta Airlines Apologizes After Workers Caught Mishandling Clubs

A collegiate golf group obtained an apology from Delta Airlines after a video of employees throwing their golf luggage went viral.

According to KFMB-TV, the incident occurred because the East Tennessee State University males’s golf group arrived on the San Diego International Airport on Tuesday, May 21.

The group launched into the journey to take part within the NCAA Division I Men’s Golf Championship, scheduled to happen on the Omni La Costa Resort & Spa in Carlsbad, California, from Friday, May 24, to Wednesday, May 29.

The video, which was shared on the group’s account on X, previously Twitter, exhibits a employee taking the baggage off a ramp and throwing them onto the tarmac. A coworker then picks them up and places them onto a switch automobile.

“Nice of @Delta to deal with our golf equipment with such care…,” the golf group captioned the put up, which now has 6.1 million views.

East Tennessee State Athletic Director Dr. Richard Sander informed KFMB-TV that the incident broken a number of the group’s tools and private objects.

“It’s a type of issues that occur,” he informed the information station. “We’re actually attempting to verify our guys are targeted on their cause for being on the market which is to win the nationwide championship. It’s a extremely good golf group now we have, and we wanna deal with that.”

In a press release to WJHL-TV, Delta mentioned, “We apologize to the ETSU Golf group and ask for a mulligan on how their tools was dealt with. We’re in direct contact with the Bucs to make sure they’ve what they should efficiently compete within the NCAAs.”

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The airline additionally responded to the unique put up on X, writing, “We’re so sorry that is how your golf golf equipment had been dealt with. It’s not who we’re. And we’re working to make it proper, so you may have all the things you might want to compete on the match this weekend.”

PEOPLE has reached out to Delta Airlines for remark.

Since going viral, the video has been broadly mentioned on-line by people like skilled golfer Julian Perico, who wrote on X, “This is totally insane. Hope everyones tools is in good condition! Good luck on the Natty professional! @JakeAmosETSU.”