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 I admit
I used to wonder about the feasibility of this. I was worried about
freezing to death or not having enough oxygen. I can’t remember
where I was considering shipping myself.
DALLAS – A homesick shipping clerk had himself shipped from New York
to Dallas in an airline cargo crate, startling his parents and a deliveryman
when he broke out of the box outside their home.
Charles D. McKinley, 25, was arrested and jailed on unrelated bad-check
and traffic charges after his overnight odyssey. Federal officials are
considering additional charges of stowing away on a plane.
DeSoto police said the crate measured 42 by 36 by 15 inches. McKinley
stands 5-foot-8 and weighs 170 pounds, authorities said. Authorities
said they
did not know whether McKinley had any toilet facilities.
His box was carried in the pressurized, heated cabins,
but could just as easily have been placed in the lower, unpressurized
holds, said Richard G. Phillips, chief executive of Pilot Air Freight. "He
could easily have died," Phillips said.
The freight cost billed to
McKinley’s employer was $550. At that rate, "he could have flown first-class," Phillips
said.
from
the AP
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