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Gregg: an alaska airlines baggage handler place an unusual 911 phone call after pick the wrong place to take a nap. >> im stuck in this plane. >> you are where? >> inside a plane i feel like its moving in the air. please tell somebody stop it. gregg: jonathan hunt has more from our west coast newsroom. imagine you are a 911 operator and you get this phone call and try to figure this thing out. >> reporter: its a bizarre for the operate jar to go threw off wasly. this guy was in the cargo hold of...

Central part of this country. it is one of the stories we are updating and following arndt around the "news nation." plus -- >> hello, im trapped in this plane. i called my job, but im in this plane. >> youre where? >> the frantic 911 call from a baggage handler trapped in a planes cargo hold as he tries to describe whats happening to a very confused 91 is operator. stay with us. when it comes to good nutrition...im no expert. that would be my daughter -- hi dad. shes a dietitian. and back whe...

Panicked 911 calls from the baggage handler who went to sleep and woke up inside the belly of an air born alaska airlines plane. >> more on those calls and the investigation next. speaking of plane, starting this fall you can fly on board r2-d2. its part of a five year "star wars" project to connect japan with global markets. its also conveniently timed with this years release of the new "star wars" movie. victor is doing somersaults hes so excited. well have the trailer, part of it, next victor...

>> im at -- not in the airport, i feel like its moved. because i feel like my -- >> reporter: with the flight bound for los angeles, the call abruptly comes to an end. >> are you by yourself or are you with somebody? >> please! >> reporter: as the jet climbed, now at 5,000 feet passengers hear a call for help and pounding from just below their seats. the baggage handler was lucky, say experts, trapped near the nose of the plane where the cargo hold is pressurized and the temperature controlled. ...

>> mohamud is a u.s. citizen originally from somalia. around 180 americans have joined isis and al qaeda in syria and iraq or have been arrested trying to do so. >> were hearing for the first time the 911 call made by a baggage handler stuck inside the cargo hold of an air alaska airlines jet. the plane had just taken off when he made the terrifying call. heres abcs neal karlinsky. >> reporter: the voice of the panicked baggage handler calling 911 on his cell phone. >> 911. >> hello. im trapped ...

>> reporter: the call cropped out, but the pilot had been alerted to the banging below and turned the plane around, lammedded back in -- landed back in seattle baggage handler was removed. its not clear if hell keep his job with the contractor that employs him, but, jenna if he is fired, i would humbly suggest he perhaps seeks employment at a mattress store, a somewhat safer place to take a job, take a nap on the job. [laughter] jenna: you know, thats an excellent, very kind suggestion, jonathan...

Their authors say she admitted to voting in favor of the iraq war because she thought it was good politics. that pressure is growing. at certain points democrats may change their minds. martha: chris thank you very much. we ran out of time because we had such a good chat. gregg: a baggage handler calls 911 after finding himself in a very strange place. >> are you at the airport? >> im -- i feel like they moved. >> are you by yourself or are you with somebody?

For the first time were hearing the panicked 911 call from seattle after of an airplane that was taking off. >> reporter: there was no sign of trouble on the alaska airlines flight departing seattle until dispatchers received a 911 call from the planes cargo hold. >> 911. >> hello, im trapped in this plane and i called my job, but im in this plane. >> youre where? >> im inside the plane. i feel like its moving in the air. flight 448. can you please tell somebody stop it? >> reporter: the man ple...

Many lawmakers are not happy and are now calling for a security review. well, a baggage handler who fell asleep inside the cargo hold of an alaska airline jet called 9-1-1 after takeoff. the dispatcher was understandably confused. listen. >> 9-1-1. >> hello im trapped in this plane and i called my job. im in this plane. >> youre where? >> im inside a plane. i feel like it is moving in the air. please tell somebody to stop it. >> the worker eventually hung up. the pilots then heard him banging on...

2004 and 2007. he was spains finance minister and the chairman of a major bank. alaska airlines has permanently banned a baggage handler from working on its aircraft after the man, who is employed by a contractor, fell asleep inside a jets cargo hold. the plane was forced to return to seattle shortly after takeoff on monday after the pilot heard the worker. listen as the 911 dispatcher seems confused about his location. >> 911. >> hello. im stuck in this plane. i caught my -- im in this plane....