Sleeping airport worker had lucky escape after passenger heard banging from aircraft hold, unfair dismissal case hears

An airport worker who slipped into an aircraft hold for a sleep could have died after he was mistakenly locked in by a colleague shortly before the aircraft was due to take off, the Workplace Relations Commission has heard.

However, the worker had a lucky escape after a passenger onboard heard loud banging and shouting coming from the man in the locked hold.