Delta Scrambles To Undo Public Relations Damage When a group of U.S. soldiers returned from Afghanistan this week, they posted a video Audio & video cable on YouTube showing Delta Airlines staff charging them $200 each for a fourth piece of baggage. One soldier said his fourth bag contained weapons he'd used to defend himself in Afghanistan. Delta now says it will allow troops to carry a fourth bag free in economy class. STEVE INSKEEP, host: And last word in business comes from some angry airline passengers - and not just any passengers. Unidentified Man #1: Good business model, Delta. Thank you. Unidentified Man #2: We're actually happy to be back to America. God bless America. INSKEEP: Good business model, Delta, they say. Those are U.S. soldiers returning from Afghanistan this week. They posted a YouTube video showing Delta Airlines staff charging them $200 each for a fourth piece of baggage. One soldier said his fourth bag contained weapons he had used to defend himself in Afghanistan. Delta is now scrambling to undo the public relations damage. It initially said it would refund the fees if the Defense Department did not. But in a later blog post, the airline said it will allow troops to carry a fourth bag free in economy class. (Soundbite of music) INSKEEP: That's the business news on MORNING EDITION, from NPR News. I'm Steve Inskeep. LINDA WERTHEIMER, host: And I'm Linda Wertheimer.



　　"NHTSA contacted Takata and the vehicle manufacturers this week to call for the national recall of these vehicles after evaluating a recent incident that involved a failure in a driver's side air bag inflator outside an area of high absolute humidity. Based on this new information, unless Takata and the manufacturers quickly agree to this recall, NHTSA will use the full extent of its statutory powers to ensure vehicles that use the same or similar air bag inflator are recalled. ... "In recent days, Takata has publicly conceded that it changed the chemical mix of its air bag inflator propellant in newly designed inflators. As part of its ongoing investigation, the agency will analyze the information received to determine if the chemical composition of Takata's propellant mix may be a cause and/or contributing factor in the air bag inflator ruptures. ... "While NHTSA is not aware of either field incidents or test data suggesting that the problem affecting passenger-side air bags in the areas of persistently high humidity extends beyond those areas, the agency has been pushing the industry to perform testing to ensure that current recalls effectively cover vehicles with air bags that could be potentially affected by this defect."