Sea-Tac agent wakes up in cargo hold, mid-flight

Robert LeCompte Jul 8, 2025

Feb 6, 2018

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                <h1>Sea-Tac agent wakes up in cargo hold, mid-flight</h1>
                <h2><p>An Alaska Airlines flight bound for Los Angeles returned to Sea-Tac for an emergency landing on Monday afternoon after passengers heard banging and screaming coming from somewhere beneath their feet. Turns out, reports the Seattle Times, it was a Sea-Tac ramp agent who had fallen asleep in the 737'</p></h2>
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               <p>By <a href="/author/robert-lecompte-crosscut-com/">Robert LeCompte</a></p> 
              <p><time datetime="2025-02-04T05:00:00-08:00">Feb 6, 2018</time></p>
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            <figure class="kg-card kg-image-card"><img src="https://dev.cascadepbs.org/content/images/sites/default/files/images/article/gallery/alaska-airlines.jpg" class="kg-image" alt="The" loading="lazy" width="240" height="152"></figure><p>An Alaska Airlines flight bound for Los Angeles returned to Sea-Tac for an emergency landing on Monday afternoon after passengers heard banging and screaming coming from somewhere beneath their feet. Turns out, reports the <a href="http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/plane-returns-to-sea-tac-after-screams-heard-in-cargo-hold/?ref=dev.cascadepbs.org">Seattle Times</a>, it was a Sea-Tac ramp agent who had fallen asleep in the 737's cargo hold before take off and didn't wake up until he was halfway to LA. The pilots immediately turned back to Sea-Tac. Lucky for the ramp agent, the 737's cargo hold is temperature-controlled and pressurized. He was rescued, unharmed.</p>
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An Alaska Airlines flight bound for Los Angeles returned to Sea-Tac for an emergency landing on Monday afternoon after passengers heard banging and screaming coming from somewhere beneath their feet. Turns out, reports the Seattle Times, it was a Sea-Tac ramp agent who had fallen asleep in the 737's cargo hold before take off and didn't wake up until he was halfway to LA. The pilots immediately turned back to Sea-Tac. Lucky for the ramp agent, the 737's cargo hold is temperature-controlled and pressurized. He was rescued, unharmed.

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By Robert LeCompte

Robert LeCompte is an editorial intern at Crosscut. He studies communications and film at The Evergreen State College where he recently transferred from Maryland. When not working, he can usually be f