Don't forget your MOB .....

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'