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Fri 04 Apr 2007Baggage handler locked in hold on US-bound flightA baggage handler at Dublin airport was locked into the cargo hold of a transatlantic aircraft as it taxied down the runway.The 55-year-old man, who had worked with Aer Lingus for 16 years and had been promoted to shift leader, got stuck in the hold when he went to retrieve a bag that should have been on a flight to Los Angeles rather than New York.