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Shannon stop over .....

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  • 30-12-2005 7:07pm
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    hobie
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    An Aer Lingus baggage handler had a last minute escape as a plane bound for New York prepared to take off, with him trapped in the cargo hold.

    The incident happened yesterday (29th Dec?) morning at Dublin airport as flight EI105 was preparing to leave for JFK.

    The frantic worker tried banging ont he door of the luggage hold but the noise of the planes engines drowned out his efforts.

    The Airbus plane moved off its stand and had started to taxi towards the runway.

    But the quick-thinking worker had his mobile phone and took a chance that he would get a signal inside the hold. He rang his collegues and told them of his prediciament. The a/c was stopped and he got out, the flight was delayed by about 20 mins.

    A source told 'the star' he was 'very lucky'

    If they stopped screwing around with the Shannon Stop Over he could have popped out at Shannon :p with no harm done .....


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    bazz26
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    hobie wrote:
    If they stopped screwing around with the Shannon Stop Over he could have popped out at Shannon :p with no harm done .....

    He is lucky. Ryan Air probably would have charged him extra for that. :D


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    Sarsfield
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    He should be sacked for having his phone switched on during taxi. :v: (and sacked again for falling asleep in the hold, which is the most likely cause)


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    billy the squid
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    chances are that he would have been dead by the time the plane got to shannon.


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    Karoma
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    billy the squid wrote:
    chances are that he would have been dead by the time the plane got to shannon.

    The very definition of 'fortunate'?


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    Sarsfield
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    billy the squid wrote:
    chances are that he would have been dead by the time the plane got to shannon.

    Apparently the hold of an A330 is pressurised & heated (they carry a lot of live animals - pet dogs etc.) so he would have survived.


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    1huge1
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    isnt there a way to get from the baggage area up on to the main deck or was that only in 'air firce one'


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    hobie
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    Airbus cargo holds can have the heat turned on and off depending on contents :rolleyes: but I'm not sure about access from the Cabin area :confused:
    (and no! ... it's not an Airbus in my sigg'y photo :p )
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