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| Body found in wheel well of plane |
| 2003-12-31 |
| An investigation has started after a body was found in a plane from London to New York. The man, thought to be in his 30s, was found after the British Airways flight landed at JFK airport. BA said it was examining how the stowaway got on board the flight from Heathrow Airport. Why don’t you do that. Until then, quit bitching about us wanting security on the damm planes! There have been a number of incidents in recent years where immigrants have been found dead after attempting to hide in plane wheel wells. Wheel wells being unpressurized and unheated are a great place to hitch a ride. The BA flight - BA 177 - left Heathrow at around 1330 GMT on Tuesday and landed in New York at about 1615 local time. A BA spokesman said: "The body was discovered during refuelling and this led to the return flight - BA 174 - being delayed for a couple of hours. Would have been a much longer delay if he had been wearing a bomb belt with a timer. "We are investigating just how the person got on board." How about your ground security sucks? Was that too hard? Last week, a man in his 20s was found dead in the wheel well of a plane to JFK from Montego Bay, Jamaica. I think I’ll go lay down. |
| Posted by:Steve |
| #7 I say we blame the French.It was a French director who had a priest stowaway on a starship's wheelwell in THE FIFTH ELEMENT,my favorite Bruce Willis flic.(Now remove tongue from cheek). |
| Posted by: Stephen 2003-12-31 10:24:55 PM |
| #6 He was wondering what caused all the thumping and muffled screams he heard coming from the wheel-well. |
| Posted by: Robert Crawford 2003-12-31 8:24:40 PM |
| #5 CNN has it that the first officer discovered the body while doing a walk-around. Strange. The walk-around is usually done before departure. |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2003-12-31 8:12:48 PM |
| #4 I too hate paying full-fare but this is ridiculous. CNN has it that the first officer discovered the body while doing a walk-around. |
| Posted by: RW2004 2003-12-31 3:34:58 PM |
| #3 When it is -60F or so, and you are flying at FL330 and higher (above 33,000 ft) hypoxia gets you to the white light. I am amazed that in this age of the terrorist that simple, effective, proceedures are not followed for inspecting and securing wheel wells before flight and during pushback. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2003-12-31 1:38:12 PM |
| #2 There have been a number of incidents in recent years where immigrants have been found dead after attempting to hide in plane wheel wells. What's fun is when the bodies fall out after the landing gear is extended. I say paint bullseyes along the flight path, and depending on where the corpse hits, award points accordingly. |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2003-12-31 11:57:55 AM |
| #1 There have been a number of incidents in recent years where immigrants have been found dead after attempting to hide in plane wheel wells. And all of them are Darwin Award candidates. However, Steve is right. The boomer potential is scary. |
| Posted by: Gasse Katze 2003-12-31 11:55:53 AM |