Stowaway found dead in Delta plane wheel well

[novelist_wannabe]

Authorities attempting to ID him ....

http://www.wsbtv.com/news/22498472/detail.html

 

[zebracoy]

There was a guy in the past three years who, if I remember correctly, mailed himself in a wooden crate and was appropriately stowed in storage.

He got out upon landing and was arrested, but had no clue how cold it gets up there.

A sad tale, if that turns out to be the case here too.

 

[bydesign77]

I don't know why anyone would think this would even work. cruising at 37,000 feet, over the north pole.. yeah, that'll work

 

[slappy4428]

I don't know why anyone would think this would even work. cruising at 37,000 feet, over the north pole.. yeah, that'll work

Global warming?

 

[novelist_wannabe]

Well, this guy won't be arrested. He has that going for him. The story said it gets to minus-50 F in the cargo hold during that flight.

 

[slappy4428]

Well, this guy won't be arrested. He has that going for him. The story said it gets to minus-50 F in the cargo hold during that flight.

POLICE! FREEZE! Uhhhh, oh.

 

[The Big Ragu]

I don't know why anyone would think this would even work. cruising at 37,000 feet, over the north pole.. yeah, that'll work

You're saying he's not real?!?!? Mom!!!!!

 

[novelist_wannabe]

Well, this guy won't be arrested. He has that going for him. The story said it gets to minus-50 F in the cargo hold during that flight.

POLICE! FREEZE! Uhhhh, oh.

That's gold slap.

 

[The Big Ragu]

I feel terrible at how much that made me laugh, Slappy.

 

[bydesign77]

Well, this guy won't be arrested. He has that going for him. The story said it gets to minus-50 F in the cargo hold during that flight.

If he had managed to get in the rear bin of the B-777, it's pressurized and temp controled so they can ship animals and the like.

 

[spaceman]

UPDATE: Turns out the guy was a fan of Ice Cube and when he realized he could not BE his idol, he did the next best thing.

 

[novelist_wannabe]

News is the gift that keeps on giving, isn't it?

 

[Batman]

Did he look like Dave Chappelle?

 

[YankeeFan]

It seemed odd that a guy would stow away on a flight from NYC to Tokyo.

Well, he didn't. He stowed away on a flight from Nigeria to NYC -- over a month ago!

The body of a man found frozen to death aboard a jet bound for Japan from Kennedy Airport went undetected for nearly two months, sources said.

The unidentified victim, a Nigerian national, was found early Monday by a mechanic inside the wheel well of Delta Air Lines Flight 59 at Narita Airport in Tokyo, authorities said.

The man, who died from lack of oxygen, was carrying a Nigerian cellphone, sources said.

Investigators believe he hid in the wheel well on Dec. 17 -- the last time the phone had been used -- when the plane was in Lagos, Nigeria, for a flight bound for New York.

Since then, the plane has logged tens of thousands of miles.

A Delta spokeswoman said the airline followed all inspection procedures.

www.nypost.com/p/news/international/stowaway_long_dead_vUI1P7i67uUtSXEHl3YG0M#ixzz0fQzF3WaW

 

[Yodel]

It seemed odd that a guy would stow away on a flight from NYC to Tokyo.

Well, he didn't. He stowed away on a flight from Nigeria to NYC -- over a month ago!

The body of a man found frozen to death aboard a jet bound for Japan from Kennedy Airport went undetected for nearly two months, sources said.

The unidentified victim, a Nigerian national, was found early Monday by a mechanic inside the wheel well of Delta Air Lines Flight 59 at Narita Airport in Tokyo, authorities said.

The man, who died from lack of oxygen, was carrying a Nigerian cellphone, sources said.

Investigators believe he hid in the wheel well on Dec. 17 -- the last time the phone had been used -- when the plane was in Lagos, Nigeria, for a flight bound for New York.

Since then, the plane has logged tens of thousands of miles.

A Delta spokeswoman said the airline followed all inspection procedures.

www.nypost.com/p/news/international/stowaway_long_dead_vUI1P7i67uUtSXEHl3YG0M#ixzz0fQzF3WaW

Sad part is he was trying to bring all those who helped him transfer his rightful millions the money he promised them.