Re: Man trapped in Cargo Hold.....tabloid!
 

Perhaps he found some 'confused' RYR pax travelling on the cheapest fare?

Re: Man trapped in Cargo Hold.....tabloid!
 

Years ago (decades actually) I was working for a pacific airline and arrived in Port Moresby. Political correctness was not the order of the day and some of the (expatriate) staff were busy having lots of fun at the expense of a hapless local who had got locked in the hold of a 727 and just arrived back from BNE.

Another episode...
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The Times February 03, 2006

Baggage handler trapped in hold

By A Correspondent

A weary Saudi airport worker took an unwanted free flight to Turkey when he fell asleep in the hold of a Turkish Airlines aircraft bringing pilgrims home from Jedda, officials said yesterday.
The man, Muhammad Ahmed Mursi, 30, was taken to hospital with pneumonia after nearly freezing to death in the hold during the three-hour flight from Jedda to Diyarbakir, southeast Turkey, late on Wednesday.

“The patient was in a panic,” Yusuf Yagmur, his doctor, said. “He is well now, but will stay in hospital for several days.”

Mr Mursi, who said that he fell asleep from exhaustion while loading luggage, woke up only after the aircraft took off and the temperature dropped sharply where he was.

He banged on the walls of the hold and the crew, realising that someone must be travelling below, began to heat the area, saving him from almost certain death, airport officials said.

It was on the ground!...........hardly a 'danger'.

Cargo Handler in Hold- CYEG
 

CYEG

Had an "All clear-ready for push-back" from the Ground Handler and was just waiting for the APU to come up to speed when there was an amazing rythmic pounding coming from the fwd belly.
Mentioned this to the girl on the headset so they checked it out.
One very pissed off baggage guy climbed out of the plane... Seems the door was closed when he was behind some bags so he was not visable.
The guy in the belly thought it was a practical joke and figured he would "out wait" his crew but when he heard the APU start up that's when the joke was over and he started to panic.
After that incident the YEG ground crew required a "head-count" before push-back...

What if:
The baggage handler had completed the flight in the belly?
or...
He had been injured on rotation, landing, or worse an RTO?:ouch:
or, or, or...
Who's head would roll? Take a W.A.G.!:uhoh:

When I worked loading the 747 freighter it often crossed my mind about being shut in as the main holds are quite long and it is easy to be completely hidden from where the hold door controls are situated on the fuesalage.

I always used to check the instruction on the inside of the hold doors for the opening instructions in case someone shut the door. That way I would have unlocked or opened the door and the crew would see a door unlocked warning and would have to return to the stand.

In hold 5, the bulk hold in the rear of the 747 the door is a very simple plug door that opens inwards and has a big lever on the inside. I used to close it from the inside during delays in windy cold weather. Even if you can't get out you atill have switches for lights, fans and heating controls on the inside, plus crew intercomms so you'd have to be very unlucky to not attract attention. :)

Slightly off topic but when I worked for Transamerica many years ago I received a sita saying "TV743 delayed LFPG due to wildcat strike".

First reaction was to ring our agents to ask why were they striking to be told that all the agents were working but the problem was due to a feline type wildcat that had somehow got into the hold of the 747 biting a loader who had opened the hold door.

It took 2 hours to catch the rather hissed off feline that had fun and games in and out of the baggage!

Don't think so.
 

Airbubba: Don't know who said it about UPS, but I don’t think it's true. I have been here since the beginning and I have never heard anything about it and believe me, that is something that I would have heard of as I get all of the dirt eventually. Beside, if he had, UPS would have charged him "Full Fare"!

>>...I have been here since the beginning and I have never heard anything about it and believe me, that is something that I would have heard of as I get all of the dirt eventually.<<

You might want to ask around a little more on that one with your whale buddies and report back...