Through the years, people of Bahrain have made it a tradition to buy gold in the form of jewelry, coins, and bars, especially during the Eid holidays (al-Fitr and al-Adha) and Ramadan ...

British Airways was contracted to fly the gold from Bahrain to Chicago. When the plane arrived in Chicago, the gold went missing.

British Airways was transporting gold jewelry from Bahrain to Chicago.Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images Almost 20 pounds of gold jewelry went missing from a British Airways plane in Chicago.