Stowaway

(Adam Fagen)

United Airlines Investigating How Baggage Handler Became Locked In Cargo Hold For 90-Minute Flight

Emergency crews met a United Airlines flight from Charlotte immediately after it landed at D.C.’s Dulles International Airport over the weekend when it was discovered that a baggage handler had become locked inside the cargo hold. [More]

(David Transier)

Alaska Airlines Flight Forced To Make Emergency Landing After Employee Fell Asleep In Cargo Hold

In the last year, a number of people have attempted – sometimes successfully – to stow away in different areas of airplanes to catch a free ride. On Monday, a ramp agent for Alaska Airlines inadvertently became a stowaway when he fell asleep in the plane’s cargo hold, causing the plane to initiate an emergency landing after just 14 minutes in the air. [More]

Serial Stowaway Arrested After Flying From San Jose To Los Angeles Without A Ticket

Serial Stowaway Arrested After Flying From San Jose To Los Angeles Without A Ticket

If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. Unless of course what you’re trying to do is sneak past airport security to board a flight for which you don’t have a valid ticket, because that will get you arrested. [More]