Body found in KLM Wheel Well

[AmericanFlyer]

Dutch police find corpse in KLM plane's wheel well | CTV News (http://www.ctvnews.ca/world/corpse-found-in-wheel-well-of-klm-plane-at-amsterdam-s-schiphol-airport-1.1854173)

[Ancient Mariner]

The police believes the deceased is a 17 year old boy who was reported missing yesterday from the city of Larvik.

[sms777]

Poor bugger....If he picked a destination further south like the Hawaiian boy he may have made it......:(

[Ancient Mariner]

The story of a 17 year old kid found dead in the wheel well on a KLM flight ends up in "Passengers & SLF".
Is it supposed to be funny? I find it rather tasteless.
Better delete it.
Per

[bobwi]

How does a body fit in the wheel wel of an Embraer? Is their space or would he have been crushed in which case, didn't they receive a warming gear not unlocked in the flight deck?

Strange story...

[eastern wiseguy]

Ancient Mariner agreed . 500N neither funny nor appropriate.

[TowerDog]

Some news rag reported there is 1.5 cu/m space in the 190 wheel well and therefore there should be room for a hitchhiker.
Perhaps with the gear extended.
He was probably crushed by 3000 psi of hydraulic pressure forcing the landing gear in place. A 747 or a 767 may have enough empty space in the wells, doubt the 190 does...:sad:

Not sure why anybody tries to escape Norway, welfare paradise and one of the richest countries on the planet.
Probably a mental case and airport security as well as KLM pre-flight procedures
appear to have been non-existent if indeed the story pans out.

[Phileas Fogg]

The story of a 17 year old kid found dead in the wheel well on a KLM flight ends up in "Passengers & SLF".
Is it supposed to be funny? I find it rather tasteless.

Quite right, should be in "Where Are They Now"

[DaveReidUK]

Some news rag reported there is 1.5 cu/m space in the 190 wheel well and therefore there should be room for a hitchhiker. Perhaps with the gear extended.
He was probably crushed by 3000 psi of hydraulic pressure forcing the landing gear in place. A 747 or a 767 may have enough empty space in the wells, doubt the 190 does.Actually, there's a fair amount of room in the E-Jet's MLG bay, it's not out of the question that he might have survived until the cold and/or hypoxia killed him:

http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-photos/photos/3/8/0/2222083.jpg

Better picture here:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/15545136@N06/4704087266/in/set-72157624157919823

[parabellum]

Can't remember where I heard it but an engineer said that if they stowed away in a B747 wheel well, assuming they survived the retraction of the gear, the heat from the wheels and the smell of the rubber would probably asphyxiate them ?

[ExXB]

S.o.S.
Would you move this thread to a more appropriate forum?

Thank you.

[S.o.S.]

No more to be said on this subject.