{"id":218259,"date":"2025-05-16T15:00:15","date_gmt":"2025-05-16T05:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/simpleflying.com\/american-alaska-airlines-baggage-handlers-fell-asleep-cargo-holds-woke-up-mid-flight\/"},"modified":"2025-05-16T15:00:15","modified_gmt":"2025-05-16T05:00:15","slug":"cargo-baggage-handlers-fell-asleep-and-woke-up-during-flight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=218259","title":{"rendered":"Cargo Baggage Handlers Fell Asleep And Woke Up During Flight"},"content":{"rendered":"

Multiple recent news stories have highlighted the challenges associated with safe baggage handling, as multiple employees have been found to have gotten trapped inside the cargo compartments of aircraft that have taken to the skies. These incidents have been determined to be accidents, although the concerns associated with the behavior of baggage handlers have created much cause for concern. These incidents have occurred primarily on American Airlines<\/a><\/span> and Alaska Airlines flights, but other carriers have reported similar occurrences.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This issue occurs far more often than one might expect.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[396,476,636,1003,423],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-218259","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aircraft","category-airlines","category-american-airlines","category-legacy-carriers","category-united-states"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t