A man who was loading items onto an IndiGo aircraft at the Mumbai airport fell asleep in the cargo hold of the jet before it took off and was found safe on arrival in Abu Dhabi, the airline said on Tuesday, launching an investigation into the incident.
Experts said that while there have been cases globally of stowaways – people who hide in landing gear compartments of aircraft to travel – Sunday’s incident was rare.
The loader, whose identity was not revealed by the airline, fell asleep behind a section of the baggage “to relax” in the cargo compartment and went unnoticed at the time of take-off on Sunday, an airport official said on condition of anonymity.
