Cargo hold ‘screaming’ prompted pilots to abort Miami flight (AUDIO)
A mysterious noise coming from the cargo hold of an American Airlines aircraft forced a flight to Miami to be diverted, after pilots feared a person had somehow become trapped inside the moving plane.
The Boeing passenger jet set off from Trinidad’s Piarco International Airport early on Tuesday morning. But 10 minutes after take-off local air traffic control received a message from the pilot of Flight 2282, who informed them that a person might be “stuck in our cargo hold.”
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According to the Trinidad Express, mysterious noises resembling a person screaming sparked the plane’s swift turnaround.
ALERT American Airlines #AA2282 returned to Trinidad after a pilot heard screams from the cargo hold https://t.co/j8JmwmrnvD
— AIRLIVE (@airlivenet) June 1, 2018
Audio of the captain’s conversation with airport authorities has since emerged online. It reveals how the pilot asked for permission to fly the plane at a lower altitude as it returned to Trinidad as there was fears that a person could have somehow become hemmed into the luggage compartment.
American Airlines confirmed to RT.com the flight diversion was due to a noise problem heard onboard the plane. However, the source of the sounds appear to have been caused by a mechanical problem rather than a hapless stowaway.
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“It was determined to be a mechanical/noise issue. The issue was quickly fixed, and the flight re-departed,” the airline said in an email.
