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  • An investigation has been launched into how a fake bomb was transported on a cargo plane from the UK, just five months after the discovery of cargo-hold bombs was supposed to have boosted security.

    Fake bomb found on cargo plane 2011

  • An unseen hatch crashed against a wall; she heard extremities slapping the cargo-hold floor and oaths of disgust at the animals 'smell.

    Analog Science Fiction and Fact 2003

  • In 1988, over Lockerbie, Scotland, PanAm flight 103 was blown out of the sky by a bomb in the cargo-hold. 270 people were killed.

    CNN Transcript Nov 3, 2001 2001

  • The squad unloading it had been forced to rejack the ship into the power cables from the station in order to get the cargo-hold doors to open.

    Tides Of Light Benford, Gregory, 1941- 1989

  • We've got the total output to date of both ascomycin and the new anti-agathic salted away in the cargo-hold, and Anne's already shown you how to take the stuff and how to administer it to others.

    Cities In Flight Blish, James 1957

  • Now, with the voyage almost over, he was in the cargo-hold just aft of the Number Seven bulkhead, with six girls to help him, checking construction material which would be needed immediately after landing.

    Genesis H. Beam Piper 1934

  • Still, the load factor, a measure of cargo-hold utilization, was stuck at 48.1 percent.

    BusinessWeek.com -- Top News 2012

  • Rajasekharan Nair (49), an employee of a private agency engaged for ground-handling work at airport, has confessed to have placed the material in the cargo-hold of the Kingfisher flight which arrived here from Bangalore last Sunday, police said.

    Zee News : India National 2010

  • Its cargo-hold is at the tail-end, just after the galley where the crew prepare food for passengers.

    The Hindu - Front Page 2010

  • Two UAS personnel, Suresh and Asokan, entered the cargo-hold to unload the freight.

    The Hindu - Front Page 2010

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