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Worker trapped in plane called 911 to ask for help

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 16, 2015 2 min read

SEATTLE (AP) – A baggage handler who fell asleep inside the cargo hold of an Alaska Airlines jetliner called 911 after takeoff to say he couldn’t get out and needed someone to stop the plane, according to a 911 call released Thursday.

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

The 911 dispatcher seemed confused and 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?”