Dispatcher puzzled by 911 call from trapped baggage worker

FILE - In this April 13, 2015, file photo, workers walk with a Menzies Aviation cargo worker after the worker was removed from the cargo hold of an Alaska Airlines passenger airplane at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, in Seattle. The airport worker who fell asleep and found himself trapped inside a plane's cargo hold called 911 to say he couldn't get out and needed someone to stop the plane. The 911 dispatcher seemed confused about what he was trying to communicate, and asked at least three times for the airport worker to clarify his location. (KIRO 7 via AP, File) MANDATORY CREDIT; LOCAL TV OUT FILE - In this April 13, 2015, file photo, workers walk with a Menzies Aviation cargo worker after the worker was removed from the cargo hold of an Alaska Airlines passenger airplane at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, in Seattle. The airport worker who fell asleep and found himself trapped inside a plane's cargo hold called 911 to say he couldn't get out and needed someone to stop the plane. The 911 dispatcher seemed confused about what he was trying to communicate, and asked at least three times for the airport worker to clarify his location. (KIRO 7 via AP, File) MANDATORY CREDIT; LOCAL TV OUT

By Associated Press April 17, 2015 2 min read

SEATTLE (AP) – A 911 dispatcher seemed understandably confused by the call from a baggage handler who fell asleep inside the cargo hold of an Alaska Airlines jet bound for Los Angeles and said he needed someone to stop the plane.

“I’m inside a plane, and I feel like it’s moving in the air. Flight 448. Can you please have somebody stop it?” the airport worker said in a recording of the call made on Monday. The recording was released Thursday.

The dispatcher asked at least three times for the airport worker to clarify his location.

“You’re where?” the dispatcher asked. “Where are you in a plane?”

After the worker repeated his request for help, the dispatcher said: “Are you at the airport?”