How does baggage claim work?

I was just now thinking about this after watching a YouTube video of mine.

The flight attendant came over the PA right as we landed and said our bags would be at carousel 23.

So how does she know that so quickly? Does the ground crew automatically assign that carousel before the flight comes in?

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I’d imagine that’s the case. FA are told what the carousel and they announce it to the passengers. Even FlightRadar24 has the Bagage Belt announced on some flights.

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Most airports have a ramp/company frequency, they probably talk to them and the pilot hands the info to the FA. I’d assume it’s just given whichever is free.

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I wonder how far ahead they decide which carousel it’ll be? If it’s decided far enough in advance, the flight attendants could find out on their crew devices/apps/however that works which carousel they’ll be assigned before they even take off.

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Emirates Never Tells what The carousel number is and makes it hard for us to find but for me I can find it easily

Maybe it has to do with the gate assignment? Maybe each gate # or something are assigned a carousel along with it. Such as : Gate 23 A&B= Carousel 3

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