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        Thursday, December 29, 2005

       12/28/05 Alaskan Airlines Plane Nearly Crashes After Bump by Baggage Handler

An Alaskan Airlines McDonnell-Douglas MD-80 was getting ready to take off for Seattle, on a flight from Burbank. A baggage handler from an outsourced company that Alaskan Airlines hired to replace the baggage handlers who had previously worked for the company itself (at a greatly reduced rate to Alaskan of course) bumped his baggage cart into the plane, which caused a popping sound that resulted in a 12 inch by 6 inch hole to be ripped into the fuselage about 20 minutes after take off. This caused the plane to lose compression, and painfully eviserate the passengers eardrums. Oxygen masks were deployed and the flight crew managed to get the plane back to Seattle safely. The baggage handler later claimed that he bumped into the plane so slightly that he didn't even bother to report it. Now he may be charged with a hit and run accident. This is not the first time Alaskan Airlines has had big trouble, in 2000 a flight from Puerto Vallarta Mexico, to San Francisco An Alaskan MD-80 crashed into the Pacific Ocean off Ventura Ca. killing all 88 people on board. Shoddy maintenance was blamed for the crash due to poor lubrication of the tail section of the plane. The story does not say whether Alaskan outsourced mechanics but the jist of this story is clear. Alaskan Airlines (and other small time airlines that engage in outsourcing practices) care much more about making a few more dollars profit then they do about their customers safety. I have never flown Alaskan and never will. Think about this next time you book a flight. -HL

LA Times
Bump by Baggage Cart Leads to Emergency Landing