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Monday, March 30th 2009, 6:45 PM He's part of the ground crew, but a JetBlue luggage handler went airborne - trapped in the belly of a New York-to-Boston flight.Sidney Nurse flew 200 miles in the cargo bin after mysteriously getting stuck while loading bags at JFK Airport, officials said.The 21-year-old worker stunned his tarmac counterparts at Boston's Logan Airport Saturday when they opened the cargo door and unloaded him along with the luggage."Even after talking to him we were a little uncertain as to how it happened," Massachusetts State Police spokesman David Procopio said Monday.Cops initially suspected Nurse of being a stowaway, but Procopio said he was just an accidental tourist.Local NBC News reported that Nurse dozed off while loading bags, and didn't wake up until the plane was taxiing for take off. He told cops that he panicked when he realized the plane was in the air and used his cell phone to call JetBlue officials while in flight.A medical team examined Nurse at Logan and determined he was not injured during the flight.JetBlue spokesman Bryan Baldwin had no comment except to say the airline was investigating the incident.Baldwin said the cargo bins on JetBlue planes are pressurized, making them as warm as the passenger cabin.Nurse returned to New York on a JetBlue flight; this time flying with the passengers instead of the bags.
Monday, March 30th 2009, 6:45 PM He's part of the ground crew, but a JetBlue luggage handler went airborne - trapped in the belly of a New York-to-Boston flight.Sidney Nurse flew 200 miles in the cargo bin after mysteriously getting stuck while loading bags at JFK Airport, officials said.The 21-year-old worker stunned his tarmac counterparts at Boston's Logan Airport Saturday when they opened the cargo door and unloaded him along with the luggage."Even after talking to him we were a little uncertain as to how it happened," Massachusetts State Police spokesman David Procopio said Monday.Cops initially suspected Nurse of being a stowaway, but Procopio said he was just an accidental tourist.Local NBC News reported that Nurse dozed off while loading bags, and didn't wake up until the plane was taxiing for take off. He told cops that he panicked when he realized the plane was in the air and used his cell phone to call JetBlue officials while in flight.A medical team examined Nurse at Logan and determined he was not injured during the flight.JetBlue spokesman Bryan Baldwin had no comment except to say the airline was investigating the incident.Baldwin said the cargo bins on JetBlue planes are pressurized, making them as warm as the passenger cabin.Nurse returned to New York on a JetBlue flight; this time flying with the passengers instead of the bags.
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