Baggage Handler

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The Baggage Handler, as depicted in GTA Vice City.

The Baggage Handler is a small airport tug featured in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories and Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars, used to transport luggage to and from aircraft. The vehicle is simply known in GTA San Andreas as the Baggage.

Description

Design

The Baggage Handler is designed as an open air, electrically power vehicle predominantly used to pull loads in airports. Due to its function, the vehicle barely offers any luxuries, and consistently painted white; the vehicle also features a small cargo compartment in the rear, which may occasionally contain luggage, toolbox or earmuffs.

In GTA San Andreas, it is possible to use the Baggage Handler to tow the luggage carts and a staircase which can be found in the airports. The game considers these attachments as vehicles so they can be damaged, catch on fire, and explode. Security guards in GTA Vice City can also be seen driving Baggage Handlers as their "gang car".

• The "Baggage" as depicted in GTA San Andreas.

  The "Baggage" as depicted in GTA San Andreas.

• The Baggage Handler as depicted in GTA Vice City Stories.

  The Baggage Handler as depicted in GTA Vice City Stories.

Performance

The Baggage Handler's slow speed, weak construction, and poor handling make driving one of these on a heavily traveled, high-speed thoroughfare extremely treacherous. Furthermore, the Baggage Handler is highly susceptible to damage from weapons, to the point where close range shotgun blasts can physically move the vehicle.

While nothing much has changed in the GTA Chinatown Wars rendition of the Baggage Handler, it has slightly increased speed in the game.

Trivia

• The Baggage Handler plays K-JAH by default when entered in GTA San Andreas.

See also

• Airtug
• Ripley
• Tug