Body found in KLM Wheel Well

[AmericanFlyer]

Dutch police find corpse in KLM plane's wheel well | CTV News

[PPRuneUser136030]

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......

[PPRuneUser136030]

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...

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:



Better picture here:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/155451...57624157919823

[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.