He falls asleep in the cargo hold and wakes up--in Abu Dhabi!
Of curious and funny stories we have told several, and today's adds to our special special list. [...]
Of stories curious and funny ones we have told several, and today's adds to our special special list.
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The hours and shifts for those working at the airport are known to be tiresome... Airports must work 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, hardly an airport closes, except as a outstanding.
When sleep is too much what to do? Take a nap, away from prying eyes of course.
And that's what a loading and unloading attendant at the airport in Mumbai in India, who huddled in a corner of the hold of the cargo plane where he was working to take 5-minute break, only those five minutes became hours.
Apparently the colleagues were also so tired that they not to notice Of his disappearance. Thus, having finished the work, they closed the hold and set the plane off, with our friend still inside that slept. And he, inevitably, ended up at his destination, which is at Abu Dhabi.
Once he arrived, he was subjected to a visit medical, since the temperatures in the cargo hold are polar, then it was sent back with a passenger flight. Subsequent to this incident, he was temporarily placed on leave pending investigation.
It would have been nice to see his face when he realized that he was left closed inside, partly because once the doors are barred and the plane is in motion, there is no way to get into contact With the outside or cockpit.
Emergency landing for an Alaska Airlines flight.
This is not the first time something like this has happened; in the United States a few years ago a man was left trapped In the cargo hold of an Alaska Airlines airliner.
In fact, passengers on the flight heard beat under their feet and then of the shouts despair of a man who evidently was in the hold. A near tragedy then, fortunately at the alarm the pilots did about-face and returned to the airport 14 minutes after takeoff to allow the rescue Of the underdog.
Here is the video of the rescue:
The question arises: How is it possible that no one noticed anything?
"Passengers in first class heard tapping below them, and they heard a person calling for help."
Witness
Apparently our second protagonist of the day also fell to the temptations of Morpheus and indulged in a break maybe a little too long...
Two curious stories made it into our list of the More special episodes in the world of travel!
