Man locked in plane's cargo hold flies to Philly

MILWAUKEE -- A young man loading baggage into an airplane in Milwaukee got locked in a cargo hold Friday and stayed there on a flight to Philadelphia, Midwest Airlines officials said. "He was in the process of securing a wheelchair, tying it down," airline spokeswoman Carol Skornicka said Friday night, "and they didn't see that he was still in there when they closed the door." She said the man, whose name was not released, is a ramp agent who loads baggage and any other cargo that goes in the hold. The cargo hold is heated and pressurized, so the unexpected trip to Philadelphia didn't hurt the man, Skornicka said. She said the airline would review the incident and procedures to make sure it doesn't happen again.

California inmate swallows handcuff key

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. -- A jail inmate swallowed his key to freedom. During a sweep of the high-security wing of the county jail, deputies discovered that Jose Angel Juarez had swallowed a handcuff key and set off the metal detector during a walkthrough screening. Deputies weren't sure what set off the detector, but they knew the cause was in Juarez's midsection. A 1 1/2-inch handcuff key could be seen in Juarez's belly after deputies ordered him to take an X-ray. "It's our belief that the inmate would be using this to escape from custody," Lt. Craig Wilson said, adding that authorities don't know where Juarez got the key. Juarez, 29, is awaiting trial on felony charges of conspiracy, assault with a deadly weapon, kidnapping, robbery and carjacking.