Posted on 04/13/2015 4:11:58 PM PDT by BenLurkin
Immediately after takeoff from Sea-Tac, the pilot reported hearing banging from beneath the aircraft, according to the airline.
The captain immediately returned to Seattle, declaring an emergency for priority landing, the statement said. The aircraft was in the air for 14 minutes. After landing, a ramp agent was found inside the front cargo hold, which is pressurized and temperature controlled.
(Excerpt) Read more at ktla.com ...
Having a quick smoke in the hold before the plane takes off?
Ooops ...
Well, there’s a job opening
If memory serves, Alaska contracts out ramp duties..
Catching some ZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzz
Reminds me of the old joke about two ramp guys drinking jet fuel because they could get drunk without getting a hangover. The next day one calls the other and asks “have you passed gas yet”
Not yet
“Well, don’t. I’m calling from Phoenix>”
Happened to one of the guys on my shift back in 2002. Vanguard Airlines in Kansas City. He wound up in Chicago and came back to us seated in the cabin.
So...we hear about this from the “liberal” LA press? Seattle-—are you out there?
Last minute shopping for his wife but the store closed before he could use the exit.
Cargo hold where dogs are transported... Arf...
So...we hear about this from the “liberal” LA press? Seattle-—are you out there?
Daves not here....
No I. Dave, I’m stuck in the cargo hold
Hello,? Hello!? Knock knock knock...
Who is it?
It DAVE. I’m trapped I. The cargo hold!!!!
Who? Dave ?
Daves not here...
Very likely.
So you're saying it was still about sex?
http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/plane-returns-to-sea-tac-after-screams-heard-in-cargo-hold/
Flight passenger Jesse Sycuro told KING-TV that passengers in first class heard banging from underneath us and a person yelling for help.
According to Sycuro, two air marshals jumped up and spoke with a flight attendant, who then alerted the pilot.
Who knows? LOL
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