Tuesday, August 21, 2018

Mesa Airlines, Embraer ERJ 170-200LR, N87302: Incident occurred August 18, 2018 at George Bush Intercontinental Airport (KIAH), Houston, Texas and Incident occurred January 01, 2017 at Charlotte Douglas International Airport (KCLT), North Carolina

Federal Aviation Administration / Flight Standards District Office; Houston, Texas

Flight Number 6119:  Struck a bird on final.  

United Airlines Inc

http://registry.faa.gov/N87302

Date: 18-AUG-18
Time: 16:20:00Z
Regis#: N87302
Aircraft Make: EMBRAER
Aircraft Model: ERJ 170 200 LR
Event Type: INCIDENT
Highest Injury: NONE
Aircraft Missing: No
Damage: MINOR
Activity: COMMERCIAL
Flight Phase: APPROACH (APR)
Operation: 121
Aircraft Operator: MESA AIRLINES
Flight Number: 6119
City: HOUSTON
State: TEXAS

January 01, 2017:   CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- A baggage handler spent a flight from Charlotte, North Carolina, to northern Virginia locked inside the plane’s cargo hold Sunday afternoon.

At some point during United Express Flight 6060, authorities learned a man was locked in the baggage compartment, so Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority Fire and Rescue crews met the plane when it arrived at Dulles International Airport at 4:16 p.m.


The man appeared to be OK and refused medical treatment.


The man wore a Charlotte baggage handler’s uniform and had identification from baggage handling vendor G2 Secure Staff, but he said he left his airport ID in his locker at Charlotte Douglas International Airport, prompting a security concern. Police wanted to make sure the man really was a baggage handler and not a stowaway.


“We're going to work it as a security incident until we can get some confirmation that he is who is even though he's in trade dress for a ramp worker in Charlotte,” someone said on emergency dispatch. “The flight crew doesn't remember seeing him or anything like that.”


United Airlines confirmed the incident in a statement Monday.


“Once at the gate, an employee of the airline's ground handling vendor was found unharmed in the aircraft's cargo hold,” the statement said. “We are looking into what happened.”


News4 emailed G2 Secure Staff for comment and is waiting for a reply.


It’s unclear how the baggage handler became locked in the baggage compartment or how his presence there was discovered.


Original article can be found here ➤ http://www.wcnc.com

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