Put that in a lost-luggage report

Sunday 24 May 2009 11:24 CDT   David Braverman
AviationTravel

Via the Economist, a Japan Air Lines 747 sucked a misplaced baggage container into its #1 engine at LAX:

To the shock of onlookers – and no doubt the dismay of airline officials and crew on board – the empty baggage cart was sucked into one of the Boeing 747’s four engines, forcing the plane to become grounded and passengers returned back to the terminal.

The Times of London has video.

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