Double bass wrecked on Southwest Airlines flight

Double bassist Kaden Henderson had arrived in Milwaukee from Denver over the weekend, full of ambition to take his first orchestral audition in almost two years.

Instead, he opened up his bass case at the airport to find the neck of his instrument snapped off, damage to the top of the bass and a broken bridge. Henderson had flown Southwest Airlines, claiming negligent baggage handling despite the instrument being carefully packed and strapped in a soft case within a double bass flight case.

Henderson posted a video and photos of the harrowing scene on social media, ’When I went to put my hand where the heel should be, I felt the scroll’