VSB via OL stated "Forgive me - is this still the "PROFESSIONAL PILOTS" forum??"
I must admit I support his question.
As stated at an earlier post I wrote "The Daily Telegraph today states “ The body of a South African teenager found in the wheel well of a British airway’s jet at Los Angeles airport may have been there for almost a week, officials indicated yesterday.
It is believed that Samual Peter Benjamin, 17, crept aboard the aircraft at Cape Town, his home town, before it left on Jan 22. His body was found by a pilot in the nose wheel well of the Boeing 747 during a routine inspection at Los Angeles international airport just before take off on Sunday (28th Jan 2007). The flight had arrived from Heathrow several hours earlier, but had previously stopped at Singapore, Vancouver, Hong Kong and Cape Town.”
My experience is based on many years maintaining military aircraft which were subjected to Before Flight, Turn round and After Flight Inspections. The incident is reported to have come to light when a pilot carried out a routine inspection of the nose wheel bay.
My question is, how was the body not discovered prior to this particular inspection?
What exactly does the Inspection schedule call for in this area?