Gabrielle Caron was on her way home from a vacation in Mexico, when her connecting flight from Toronto to Moncton took an unexpected turn.
Air Canada Rouge Flight 1502 was taxiing toward the runway at Toronto Pearson International Airport when Caron noticed flight attendants frantically running down the aisle of the cabin.
The plane eventually came to a halt before reaching the runway and Caron looked out the window.
“We could see the crew gathering around the plane, so we knew something was happening,” she said. “Then, the pilot tells us that there is someone from the crew in the luggage hold.”
When the worker eventually made it out safely, Caron said, he entered the airplane’s cabin to let everyone know he was safe.
The incident on the Airbus 321A, which can carry up to 184 passengers, happened Dec. 13.
“The aircraft cargo doors were inadvertently closed while a member of the ground crew was inside,” Air Canada said in an email over the weekend.
The airline also confirmed there were no injuries, and the incident is under investigation.
The union representing the ground crew workers said it couldn’t comment.
Caron said the plane eventually returned to the terminal, and passengers were asked to disembark while the flight crew filed paperwork.
She said the flight was delayed further after the pilot work hours “timed out,” and they couldn’t make the trip east.
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