Posted on 04/13/2015 6:59:35 PM PDT by markomalley
A Los Angeles-bound Alaska Airlines flight made an emergency landing at a Seattle-area airport on Monday afternoon after it took off with a worker trapped in a cargo area under the cabin where he had fallen asleep, the U.S. carrier said.
The pilot of Alaska Airlines flight 448 reported hearing banging from beneath the aircraft after takeoff from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, south of Seattle, the statement said.
Screaming could also be heard from the cargo hold, an airport spokesman said.
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Well, that was embarrassing.
He probably thought he was going to die at altitude, and didn’t know it was pressurized ... :-) ...
Did Conrad build him a sleep nook?
This will give Spirit Airlines some new ideas...
Took me 47 seconds to decide on a graphic.
Anybody else wondering if his coworkers knew about it and got sick of picking up his slack
Back in ~2001, I had boarded a flight in Houston (headed to Tampa) which had just queued up for takeoff, when I heard some banging at my feet. My neighbor and I quickly realized that someone was stuck in the cargo hold.
We informed the flight attendant, and a few minutes later, he was on the tarmac, blowing kisses to the plane.
I will never forget that. =)
Snooze you lose fares!
Bags fly free, baggage handlers don’t fares!
Caught napping fares!
Get me out’a here fares!
But not heated. You freeze to death,while pressurized.
Super Saver Ultra Budget fare.
maybe be just didn't want to go to LA
After enduring this past winter’s sub arctic weather, I would probably make it OK.
The forward cargo hold on a 737 is climate-controlled and pressurized. Pets and the like fly up there. My wife was a former baggage handler for Horizon/Alaska.
The statement from Alaska say that his co-workers did try to find him and even called his cellphone and texted him, but received no reply. He’d been at work since 5am and was supposed to get off at around the time the plane took off.
The statement further said he passed a drug test. Not that it’s really gonna matter...he’s likely unemployed at this point.
“We are actively investigating the matter.”
Translation, ‘You’re fired!’
That must have been a real “oh crap” moment when the guy woke from his nap to the scream of turbofans at full power.
If he was in cargo, he could open up luggage and put clothes on.
If they’re union.....they don’t care.
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