Body Falls from Air France jet in Niger

[Sky_Captain]

Body falls from Air France jet in Niger - News - World - The Voice of Russia: News, Breaking news, Politics, Economics, Business, Russia, International current events, Expert opinion, podcasts, Video (http://english.ruvr.ru/news/2013_07_25/Body-falls-from-Air-France-jet-in-Niger-7273/)

Hard to believe the person climbed on in France in order to get into Niger?

[NigelOnDraft]

No reason for the body to fall on the same flight they stowed away on

[DaveReidUK]

Hard to believe the person climbed on in France in order to get into Niger?AF flies Ouagadougou-Niamey-Paris, so the flight in question - and the unfortunate stowaway - probably originated in OUA.

[Pinkman]

Remember the 2007 LAX discovery of a stowaway on a BA 747?

Dead stowaway at LAX could be from Cape Town | The San Diego Union-Tribune (http://www.utsandiego.com/uniontrib/20070130/news_1n30stowaway.html)

I always thought it slightly embarrassing that it it took a week and 3 or 4 trips through LHR - with presumably as many pre-flight walkarounds - before the body was finally spotted in LAX. Well, could have been worse, it could have been unlatched cowlings.

[xcitation]

More concerning for me is the security aspect - these stowaways can breach/purchase access to transports presumably in 3rd world. Why bother using sophisticated security on your front door if your just going to leave the back door unlocked?

[DaveReidUK]

AF flies Ouagadougou-Niamey-Paris, so the flight in question - and the unfortunate stowaway - probably originated in OUA.Make that definitely, rather than probably:

"The plane was coming from Burkina Faso’s capital, Ouagadougou, and was scheduled to continue to Paris"

Body falls from Air France jet over Niger - NIGER - FRANCE 24 (http://www.france24.com/en/20130725-body-falls-air-france-jet-niger)

[Trim Stab]

I always thought it slightly embarrassing that it it took a week and 3 or 4 trips through LHR - with presumably as many pre-flight walkarounds - before the body was finally spotted in LAX. Well, could have been worse, it could have been unlatched cowlings.


What I find even more surprising is that there is enough wasted space inside a 747 wheel well to allow a body to remain in place through multiple gear cycles.

[lomapaseo]

What I find even more surprising is that there is enough wasted space inside a 747 wheel well to allow a body to remain in place through multiple gear cycles

What would you have filled the space with?. Air seems like a low weight type of filler material in a box structure. :E

[A and C]

There is a ledge forward of the wing gear main leg that is big enough for a man to lay in.

[BOAC]

Probably not the most sensible post I have seen!