A 23-year-old baggage handler fell asleep on Saturday morning at Kansas City   
   Airport in the cargo hold of a Boeing 737. His colleagues did not realize he   
   was lying there, allowing the American Airlines aircraft to take off for the   
   flight to Chicago.   
       
   The sleeping man was only discovered when the plane landed at O Hare   
   International Airport an hour later. He was questioned by the authorities and   
   then put back on the plane to Kansas without criminal charges (but then in   
   the passenger cabin).   
       
   The baggage handler stated that he fell asleep because he had too much   
   alcohol that night and had to start early. American Airlines, the employer of   
   the man, started an investigation and put him on hold for the time being,   
   according to various American media.   
      
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    * Origin: AVIATION ECHO HQ (2:292/854)