Body found in landing gear of Jet

Did anyone see the article on Fox about the idiot who stowed away in the gear of a 777 going from New York to Tokyo??? What the hell are these idiots thinking? Another Darwin Award winner! Let's see, just off the top of my head - hypoxia from altitude, hypothermia from the temperature at around 40k feet, and he was wearing a long sleeve shirt and pants! Plus, if anyone's seen the gear compartment of most any jet with the gear IN IT, there usually isn't much room left over.

Next thing you know, OSHA will require that all aircraft have kill switches on the landing gear. Pretty soon there won't be any way to kill off the stupid ones!

Do they know exactly what killed him yet? And have they researched how he got out there?

They "suspect" hypothermia, as they observed frostbite. (Probably frozen halfway solid, -60 for 12 or so hours.) As to how he got there, "All we know is that he must have sneaked in just before departure, because it is impossible for him to enter the storage during flight," according to a Japanese police official.

Well, I hope he had his seat in the upright position, his tray table up, and didn't have anything on his lap for the last hour of the flight.

I'm with Irving on this (?? Did I just say that??)

How did the guy get to the outside of the place to get into the landing gear compartment in the first place? Must have been avoiding the TSA security checkpoint.

<insert sarcasm> No, we all know that there is no possibility of that! <end sarcasm>

Unless he was an airline/airport worker, they've got a few things to figure out!

Wouldn't this be "strike three" for Obama's airline initiative? (not that anyone outside of Rush Limbaugh will call him on it.0

damn stupid people

that is what happens when passengers dont turn off their cell phones!!!

Well if you can sneak a body in there, you can just as easily sneak a few pounds of C4 in there as well.

So really what the hell is the point of making me throw away my bottled water and take my shoes off before I get on?

It's the thumb.

The thumb controls all.

With the thumb on us, all is under control.

(Or at least we're under control.)

[Whacko]

How long can you be at 25 or 30 thousand fgeet before you asphyxiate?
(Spell check spelled it for me - "But I helped")
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http://www.allstar.fiu.edu/aero/oxygen.htm

All I can think of is the movie "Fifth Element" with Bruce Willis & Milla Jovovich..

"Parasites in the landing gear"
"Ground, d'you copy?"
"Got it! Front gear."


Cue the ground crew with the flamethrower...

B-B-B-But, b-but... I saw it on a video game once!!!

So would the TSA be more pissed about finding undetonated explosives, or a cell phone left on?

Probably the cell phone as the static discharged could've set off the undetonated explosives! HAHAHAHA.

People are found in jet wheel wells a couple of times a year. Usually, it's people trying to escape an oppressive regime. Makes you wonder about how the average person regards the state of liberty in the US....

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I'd place my bet on "he was squished by the landing gear". Ain't much extra space in there. Damn stupid idea. But a good point about "if a fool can sneak in there to stowaway, why couldn't a different fool sneak a bomb in there?"

Our air travel system here in the US is wide open to attacks, ain't nothing can be done about it, really. They just inconvenience us travelers because they can, and we're easy targets all in one place. Makes the TSA look like they're doing something.

Who steals out of our baggage?
Baggage handlers.
Who puts our baggage on the planes?
Baggage handlers.
Who could most easily plant a bomb in a bag and put it on a plane?
Hmmm, let's see.....

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Originally Posted by rondog

Who steals out of our baggage?
Baggage handlers.
Who puts our baggage on the planes?
Baggage handlers.
Who could most easily plant a bomb in a bag and put it on a plane?
Hmmm, let's see.....

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You'd think it would be baggage handlers, but you'd be wrong. It is actually people with bottled water and toe nail clippers.

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Originally Posted by rondog

I'd place my bet on "he was squished by the landing gear". Ain't much extra space in there. Damn stupid idea.

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Reminds me of this from a book I have about the Vietnam war. It's the legs of an ARVN soldier trying to escape from Da Nang. He was crushed to death in the wheel well. Apologies for the quality, I tried finding it online but couldn't, so I took a photo of the page.

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b3...amev/photo.jpg

He should have jumped out and rolled.

Personally, I think this guy was offered a free ride by sniper and went he showed up this is where he was told he had to "sit".

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Originally Posted by theGinsue

Personally, I think this guy was offered a free ride by sniper and went he showed up this is where he was told he had to "sit".

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Hold on tight, it might get a little breezy......