Guest JakeYYZ Posted September 11, 2003 Share Posted September 11, 2003 "Air-mail” man describes his accommodations in newly designated cargo-crate class. Link: http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/Southwest/09/10/stowaway.flight.ap/index.html DALLAS, Texas (AP) -- A homesick shipping clerk had himself shipped from New York to Dallas in an airline cargo crate, startling his parents -- and a deliveryman -- when he broke out of the box outside their home. Charles D. McKinley, 25, was arrested and jailed on unrelated bad-check and traffic charges after his overnight odyssey. Federal officials are considering additional charges of stowing away on a plane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest AME Posted September 12, 2003 Share Posted September 12, 2003 Top Ten Things To Remember When Packing And Shipping Yourself 10. Clearly mark box "Handle with care -- dumb guy inside" 9. Make sure you're delivered to a Fed Ex location near a hospital 8. Bring a pen to sign for yourself when you get there 7. The "Etc." in "Mail Boxes Etc." stands for shipping live human beings in crates 6. Traveling in box still more comfortable than flying America West 5. Styrofoam peanuts not as tasty as real peanuts 4. It's quicker and cheaper to fax yourself 3. Headset rental is not available in the airplane's cargo hold 2. TiVo "Queer Eye" 1. Be prepared to endure headlines like "Jackass In The Box" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest JakeYYZ Posted September 15, 2003 Share Posted September 15, 2003 Dallas Stowaway Becomes Media Darling Mon September 15, 2003 10:39 AM ET By Jon Herskovitz DALLAS (Reuters) - Charles McKinley is a new legend in the world of celebrity culture who has gone from being mistaken for a corpse in an air cargo crate to the world's most sought after stowaway. Television network NBC, late night talk show host Jay Leno and a slew of bookers for other big name TV shows have come calling to the Dallas County jail hoping for a chance to speak with McKinley about his trip where he shipped himself air express in a crate from New York to his parents' home near Dallas, officials at the jail said on Friday. Sr. Sgt Gregory Artesi, a spokesman for the jail, said the facility has received interview requests with McKinley from the likes of rocker's wife turned talk show hostess Sharon Osbourne, MTV, all of the morning shows on the big three U.S. TV networks, Jimmy Kimmel Live, comedian Steve Harvey for his radio show and a Japanese TV network. Artesi said the only person held in a Dallas jail in recent memory who has garnered more media attention has been presidential assassin Lee Harvey Oswald. McKinley has been dubbed "Charlie in a Box" by local media in Dallas for shipping his 5'8" tall body in a box that was 42 inches high, 36 inches wide and 15 inches deep. Sources close to the case said McKinley apparently packed himself in the wooden crate -- perhaps with the help of a friend -- and sent himself air express on a two-day air adventure that went from the New York area, with a stop near Niagara Falls, NY, to Fort Wayne, Indiana and then Dallas. They said he billed his New York-based computer company for the $635 dollars it cost to ship him, without insurance. He was spotted by the deliveryman who dropped him off at the home of McKinley's parents in the Dallas area and thought there was a corpse in the air crate when he saw two eyes staring at him through slats in the box. When the crate started to rattle and the apparent corpse came to life upon delivery, the deliveryman called police, according to a police report. McKinley has been charged with violating a federal law that prohibits traveling as a stowaway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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