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    SWAT team invades plane’s hold after mysterious noise heard at 30,000 feet | US News

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    Armed police stormed the baggage hold of a plane after a mysterious noise was heard 30,000 feet above sea level.

    American Airlines Flight AA954 was en route to new York from Buenos Aires on Thursday when the noises were heard.

    He returned to the Argentine capital after 400 miles after the noises caused panic among passengers.

    Armed SWAT teams then stormed and thoroughly searched the hold, but no one was found and the cause of the noises remains a mystery.

    The delay was so severe that the flight could not continue and all 243 passengers were put up in hotels for the night.

    A replacement flight took off on Friday, we learned.

    In a statement, airport security said: “Noises were heard in the hold, enough to raise suspicion that there was something unusual.

    “The captain mentioned a safety issue due to auditory noise.”

    Heavily armed police and sniffer dogs were on standby when the flight returned.


    The moment armed cops storm the baggage hold of a New York-bound plane after a noise heard at 30,000 feet has a stranded worker fearing. Flight AA954 was en route to New York from Buenos Aires on Thursday when it turned around after 400 miles to make an unscheduled early landing. Passengers and crew members reported hearing unusual clicking noises coming from the hold where luggage is securely stowed. The pilot announced that the plane was returning to Buenos Aires due to a problem, then revealed that there was a person trapped in the hold who had hit a blunt object, apparently to be rescued. The cargo hold is generally not accessible while the aircraft is in flight and is not used to store live cargo.
    Armed police officers invade the baggage hold of a plane bound for New York (Photo: Twitter/@nanudandrea)

    The moment armed cops storm the baggage hold of a New York-bound plane after a noise heard at 30,000 feet has a stranded worker fearing. Flight AA954 was en route to New York from Buenos Aires on Thursday when it turned around after 400 miles to make an unscheduled early landing. Passengers and crew members reported hearing unusual clicking noises coming from the hold where luggage is securely stowed. The pilot announced that the plane was returning to Buenos Aires due to a problem, then revealed that there was a person trapped in the hold who had hit a blunt object, apparently to be rescued. The cargo hold is generally not accessible while the aircraft is in flight and is not used to store live cargo.
    Flight AA954 was en route to New York from Buenos Aires on Thursday when it turned around after 400 miles to make an unscheduled early landing (Photo: Twitter/@nanudandrea)

    Upon landing, passenger footage showed a SWAT team armed with guns and shields entering the hold.

    In it, officers are transported to the plane’s fuselage on the elevator that usually lifts baggage.

    Once they reached the top, they charged while other airport employees were seen nearby.

    However, when the police entered the hold, they found no one.

    They report: “The cargo hold was opened and unloading of the baggage containers began, with nothing other than normal parameters observed at that time.”

    A similar incident occurred on a United Airlines flight on New Year’s Day 2017, when a baggage handler was stuck in the hold for an hour.

    The man was stuck in the cargo hold as the plane flew from Charlotte, North Carolina, to Washington-Dulles International Airport.

    Upon landing, the man who was an employee of a third-party baggage handler was unhurt.

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