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Talk about being cheap ... Man ships himself "cargo class" to save money... ROFL...
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Embarking on a four-week vacation without enough cash to make it to Texas to visit his parents, Charles McKinley came up with an uncomfortable way of saving money on air fare: flying as cargo.
THE 25-YEAR-OLD New York resident allegedly enlisted the aid of a friend who works as a shipping clerk to pack him into a wooden airplane cargo crate labeled as computers parts and clothing, then traveled more than 1,500 miles in two days before arriving at the door step of his parents? house in DeSoto, Texas, on Saturday, the Dallas Morning News reported Tuesday.
McKinley might have reached his destination with no more than a kink in his neck if he hadn?t used a crowbar to open the crate as soon as he arrived, shocking a deliveryman who promptly called police, the newspaper said, quoting a source familiar with the incident. McKinley was taken into custody on outstanding warrants unrelated to his long, strange trip.
McKinley allegedly persuaded a co-worker at the Metro Tech computer company in the Bronx to pack him into the ?small box? on Friday and call a freight forwarding company to pick up the ?shipment,? according to the report.
The 5-foot, 8-inch, 170-pound McKinley traveled in the crate from John F. Kennedy airport to Fort Wayne International in Indiana aboard a Boeing 727 with a climate-controlled, pressurized hold operated by Indiana-based Kitty Hawk Cargo, then was transferred to a second plane bound for Dallas-Fort Worth airport, the newspaper said. A deliveryman who picked up the crate and delivered it to the home of McKinley?s parents Saturday morning was ?shaken and frightened? when a man emerged from the crate and shook his hand, prompting a quick call to police. McKinley was arrested on outstanding warrants for theft by check.
?If he would have waited 15 minutes, he would have been fine and he would have been home free,? the Morning News quoted its source as saying.
Lax security for some air cargo
The Transportation Security Administration and the FBI are investigating the incident to determine whether McKinley violated any laws in his effort to beat the last-minute $320 fare he was quoted for a one-way ticket.
It was not known how much the shipping bill was to ship McKinley from New York to Texas. The cost was billed to McKinley?s employer, the newspaper said.
THE 25-YEAR-OLD New York resident allegedly enlisted the aid of a friend who works as a shipping clerk to pack him into a wooden airplane cargo crate labeled as computers parts and clothing, then traveled more than 1,500 miles in two days before arriving at the door step of his parents? house in DeSoto, Texas, on Saturday, the Dallas Morning News reported Tuesday.
McKinley might have reached his destination with no more than a kink in his neck if he hadn?t used a crowbar to open the crate as soon as he arrived, shocking a deliveryman who promptly called police, the newspaper said, quoting a source familiar with the incident. McKinley was taken into custody on outstanding warrants unrelated to his long, strange trip.
McKinley allegedly persuaded a co-worker at the Metro Tech computer company in the Bronx to pack him into the ?small box? on Friday and call a freight forwarding company to pick up the ?shipment,? according to the report.
The 5-foot, 8-inch, 170-pound McKinley traveled in the crate from John F. Kennedy airport to Fort Wayne International in Indiana aboard a Boeing 727 with a climate-controlled, pressurized hold operated by Indiana-based Kitty Hawk Cargo, then was transferred to a second plane bound for Dallas-Fort Worth airport, the newspaper said. A deliveryman who picked up the crate and delivered it to the home of McKinley?s parents Saturday morning was ?shaken and frightened? when a man emerged from the crate and shook his hand, prompting a quick call to police. McKinley was arrested on outstanding warrants for theft by check.
?If he would have waited 15 minutes, he would have been fine and he would have been home free,? the Morning News quoted its source as saying.
Lax security for some air cargo
The Transportation Security Administration and the FBI are investigating the incident to determine whether McKinley violated any laws in his effort to beat the last-minute $320 fare he was quoted for a one-way ticket.
It was not known how much the shipping bill was to ship McKinley from New York to Texas. The cost was billed to McKinley?s employer, the newspaper said.
AlienCraft
Lifer
<Red> DUMBASS </RED>
He's definitely not the smartest guy. Not only did he pack himself into a box for a 1500 mile trip, but he committed check fraud. Idiot.
AlienCraft
Lifer
That shipping clerk will now be looking for a new job too.
Wait till he fills in the part that says "Reason for leaving last job." ......... "Uh , I was a dumbass who shipped via air freight another dumbass for wayyy more than the plane ticket."
This is slightly off topic, but does anyone know what Flight Attendatnts and Air Crew call the customers that make up "their job"?........ Self Loading Luggage!! :Q
LOL!!
A deliveryman who picked up the crate and delivered it to the home of McKinley?s parents Saturday morning was ?shaken and frightened? when a man emerged from the crate and shook his hand, prompting a quick call to police. McKinley was arrested on outstanding warrants for theft by check.
BWA HA HA HA HA HA
A deliveryman who picked up the crate and delivered it to the home of McKinley?s parents Saturday morning was ?shaken and frightened? when a man emerged from the crate and shook his hand, prompting a quick call to police. McKinley was arrested on outstanding warrants for theft by check.
BWA HA HA HA HA HA
DurocShark
Lifer
Hmmm...
<---gets idea. 😛
<---gets idea. 😛
AbsolutDealage
Platinum Member
Yea, but a company payed for the frieght, he would have actually had to pay for the plane ticket...
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