ROMULUS, Michigan (AP) -- Northwest Airlines' baggage handling system suffered major backups in Detroit over the weekend, with thousands of pieces of luggage left off flights and piled to the ceiling behind the counters.

"It was chaos," said Donna Satterfield of Grosse Pointe Park. She said her luggage was delivered to her Sunday night in Lake Tahoe, Nevada, more than 36 hours after she left Detroit Metropolitan Airport. "The luggage was piled up and people were really angry."

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