KCI Baggage Handler Falls Asleep in a Cargo Hold and Flies to Chicago

A Kansas City baggage handler tells police he was drunk while at work at the KC International Airport, when he fell asleep in a cargo hold and flew to Chicago.

American Airlines says the Piedmont Airlines employee was working American Flight 363 on Saturday when the Boeing 737 left Kansas City International Airport with the handler in a heated and pressurized cargo hold.

Chicago Police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi says he was found when the flight landed about an hour later at Chicago’s O’Hare airport.

No charges have been filed, and the baggage handler was sent back to Kansas City.

American Airlines spokesperson says they are grateful the handler wasn’t injured and they are reviewing what happened.

The handler’s name has not been released.