Man Locked in Cargo Hold Flies to Philly
A young man loading baggage into an airplane in Milwaukee got locked in a cargo hold Friday and stayed there on a flight to Philadelphia, Midwest Airlines officials said.
“He was in the process of securing a wheelchair, tying it down,” airline spokeswoman Carol Skornicka said Friday night, “and they didn’t see that he was still in there when they closed the door.”
She said the man, whose name was not released, is a ramp agent who loads baggage and any other cargo that goes in the hold.
The cargo hold is heated and pressurized, so the unexpected trip to Philadelphia didn’t hurt the man, Skornicka said.
Lucky for him…
