A call from the Cargo Hold
He would have been fine if it were a 747.
I watched an episode of the A-Team last week in which Murdock and Face hid in the cargo hold before climbing up a ventilation shaft into the main cabin in order to take over the plane.
Easy.
Oh, and Murdock was blinded by a gaseous explosion so Hannibal took the controls and landed the 747 manually despite having no previous flying experience. Shows that the 747 is pretty easy to land, huh.
I watched an episode of the A-Team last week in which Murdock and Face hid in the cargo hold before climbing up a ventilation shaft into the main cabin in order to take over the plane.
Easy.
Oh, and Murdock was blinded by a gaseous explosion so Hannibal took the controls and landed the 747 manually despite having no previous flying experience. Shows that the 747 is pretty easy to land, huh.
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He would have been fine if it were a 747.
I watched an episode of the A-Team last week in which Murdock and Face hid in the cargo hold before climbing up a ventilation shaft into the main cabin in order to take over the plane.
Easy.
Oh, and Murdock was blinded by a gaseous explosion so Hannibal took the controls and landed the 747 manually despite having no previous flying experience. Shows that the 747 is pretty easy to land, huh.
I watched an episode of the A-Team last week in which Murdock and Face hid in the cargo hold before climbing up a ventilation shaft into the main cabin in order to take over the plane.
Easy.
Oh, and Murdock was blinded by a gaseous explosion so Hannibal took the controls and landed the 747 manually despite having no previous flying experience. Shows that the 747 is pretty easy to land, huh.
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Test drive whilst in flight.
suninmyeyes - Yes this did happen some time ago. Capt left flight deck and whilst at the back decided to check out the exotic car. After popping into the driver’s seat and closing the door, its sophisticated alarm locked all the doors.
Now the F/O was concerned as to why the Capt hadn’t returned, cleaver thinking F/O thought that it may be a toxic fumes incapacitation as no sigh of the Captain so elected to divert. The flight, I believe, was from SHJ to FRA and diverted to Istanbul.
Since that incident all vehicles being transported have to have their alarm/security systems deactivated, DG manual.
Now the F/O was concerned as to why the Capt hadn’t returned, cleaver thinking F/O thought that it may be a toxic fumes incapacitation as no sigh of the Captain so elected to divert. The flight, I believe, was from SHJ to FRA and diverted to Istanbul.
Since that incident all vehicles being transported have to have their alarm/security systems deactivated, DG manual.
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Ha Ha i my crew leader at BA was telling me that story the other day..says he was hiding in the lining,then before landing climbed into the box,which broke coming down the belt, and he fell out , ran away!!!!
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Ha Ha i my crew leader at BA was telling me that story the other day..says he was hiding in the lining,then before landing climbed into the box,which broke coming down the belt, and he fell out , ran away!!!!
We had to rescue her from MMMX one time, after she had gotten that far and found out she couldn't speak Spanish.
You'd think that the ultra-cheap air travel would stop such foolishness these days...
Oh well.
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Some years ago in Berlin TXL I pushed back and was about to taxi when the No.1 called to say there was a banging noise on the floor next to her seat. We signalled the ground crew to the aircraft and told him to check the fwd hold. A sleepy loader sheepishly exited the hold and waved to us as he trotted back to his crewroom.
We were en-route to TFS so he would have had a long sleep!
We were en-route to TFS so he would have had a long sleep!
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Forward Hold
Slight thread drift, but to add to the lightheartedness – going LHR - BUD on a pre Big Airline service many years ago, we had a strange incident. A pax sent a msg to the front end saying that he had left his briefcase in the forward lounge just before departure. We rang “Mother” and 10 mins later she called back to say that the redcap, having seen it, had put it into the forward hold just before push-back (this was before the days of neurotic security). As it was an unusual destination at the time, we had a flying spanner with us and he came up with an ingenious solution. The office carpet could be rolled back to reveal a door to the cellar - the radio bay IIRC – and from there another door led to the HYD bay. From there one could access the forward hold.
Off he went and, after many thumps and clouds of dust, he re-emerged, clutching the brief case. We closed the door, rolled the carpet back over it and called the steward. We told him that we had just sent a messenger back to LHR to get the missing item and could he now give it to the passenger with our compliments.
We saw several mouths hanging open, but no one actually said anything, but many years later there was a TV advert featuring a briefcase being delivered in rather improbable circumstances. Maybe there was some connection?
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Off he went and, after many thumps and clouds of dust, he re-emerged, clutching the brief case. We closed the door, rolled the carpet back over it and called the steward. We told him that we had just sent a messenger back to LHR to get the missing item and could he now give it to the passenger with our compliments.
We saw several mouths hanging open, but no one actually said anything, but many years later there was a TV advert featuring a briefcase being delivered in rather improbable circumstances. Maybe there was some connection?
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