Civilians get onto aircraft and their luggage is x-rayed, but the cargo hold is not x-rayed.
The seven-year-old cat had to endure the freezing temperatures in the cargo hold on the five-hour flight.
When you get on an airplane, your bag is X- rayed, but the cargo hold isn't X-rayed.
However, the seat backs fold down easily, creating a flat-floor cargo hold with 44 cubic feet of stowage.
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One of his devices ignited, but failed to explode, in the cargo hold of an American Airlines passenger plane.
The source said the flames destroyed the steering cables above the front cargo hold that control the plane's movement.
Investigators believe oxygen canisters in the front cargo hold, below the cockpit, were improperly packed and wrongly marked "empty".
But accommodating pets requires a lot more than simply carving out space in the cargo hold for furry travelers.
Musicians allowed to bring smaller instruments into the cabin, while there must be clear terms and conditions for transporting larger instruments in the cargo hold.
Investigators believe oxygen canisters in the front cargo hold, below the cockpit, were improperly packed and wrongly marked "empty" when they were not.
Both incidents serve as sobering reminders that flying pets in the cargo hold can be a risky proposition even when owners take proper precautions.
They forced their way through security barriers and drove towards the Helvetic Airways plane, forcing open the cargo hold to reach gems that had already been loaded.
Yet in 1972, an American Airlines DC-10 suffered a sudden loss of cabin pressure at 12, 000ft and part of the cabin floor collapsed into the cargo hold.
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While no official cause of the crash has been identified, the mislabeled canisters, which actually contained oxygen-making chemicals, are suspected of starting a fire in the plane's cargo hold.
If you are planning a trip that involves your pet traveling in the cargo hold, Smith offers a few insider tips to make the experience a bit less stressful.
PetTravel.com notes that KLM recently banned four breeds of snub-nosed dogs in the cargo hold, and Delta Air Lines is restricting all pets from the cargo hold of its B767s.
Jan Van der Cruysse, a spokesman for Brussels Airport, told CNN that it took the thieves only three minutes to rob the cargo hold and that they left the scene minutes later.
The source of the fire has still not been pinpointed, but it was widely speculated that a group of oxygen generators in the cargo hold may have caused or contributed to a blaze in the cargo hold of the DC-9.
While no official cause of the crash has been named, sources have told CNN that 150 of the oxygen generators -- improperly packed and stowed in the DC-9's cargo hold -- are believed to have ignited the fire that brought down the plane.
SAir wants to use its equity stakes and its alliances to supply such services to its partners, and to build itself a global position at the unglamorous end of the airline business, making sure that the meals are there, that the luggage is loaded and that there is no empty space in the below-decks cargo hold.
Air freight offers speed for the 40% of the world's trade (by value) that travels in cargo flights or in the hold of passenger aircraft, but it costs ten times more than sea transport.
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