As in all large cities, New York has such a large number of subway users that the authorities are beginning to have a serious problem with the number of notices they receive about the loss of AirPods of its users.
In this case we can say that these losses have been increasing since their arrival on the market and on a normal day today they can receive about 18 notices of loss of objects of all kinds and of all of them some 6 are from people who have lost their AirPods.
At Wall Street Journal They say that because of the heat, humidity and the hustle and bustle of people entering and leaving it is more possible that one of the AirPods falls from the ears of its passengers. Logically when falling on the tracks The only good thing about AirPods is that they are white and it is easier to find them. Another thing is then to find their owners.
For this reason, the city's public transport authority is considering launching public address announcements to warn its users about this. They also advise not to remove or store the AirPods when entering or leaving the wagon, even in times of more movement since it is possible that they fall between the platform and the car. On the other hand, if this happens to you in New York, Barcelona, Madrid or wherever, the best thing you can do is notify the subway workers about it and never jump on the tracks to get them back.
