COMPARTMENT CONTENT NOTIFICATION AND INSPECTION DEVICE AND METHOD

A system and method for vehicle compartment item presence indication senses an item (124)) within a vehicle compartment (120) and notifies a user if the item is expected or unexpected within the compartment based on a vehicle state. Should the item be expected in a compartment during a phase of flight where the compartment is expected to contain items, there is no abnormal indication. However, if a compartment is expected to be empty during a specific phase of flight and the sensors (130) indicate an item is present, the system will alert the user to the unexpected item.