Body found on cash cargo plane refuelling in Zimbabwe

[Little Tich]

Source: The Telegraph

Crew of Florida-owned cargo plane arrested and millions of rand destined for South Africa’s Reserve Bank impounded after Harare airport staff follow blood trails and find a body

A cargo plane carrying millions of South African rand has been grounded at Zimbabwe’s international airport after ground staff spotted blood dripping from it and discovered a man’s body.

The plane, owned by Florida-based Western Global Airlines, is understood to have been transporting large sums of cash from Munich in Germany via Belgium and Nigeria and was bound for the seaside town of Durban in South Africa when it stopped in Harare for refuelling.

“The jet crew was questioned and they said they hit a bird in the air. But then a search was made and the body of an adult male fell out,” a source told African News Agency.

Read more: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/zimbabwe/12158043/Mystery-as-bloodied-body-found-on-cash-cargo-plane-refuelling-in-Zimbabwe.html

[ret5hd]

1. Sounds CIA-ish to me

[jomin41]

8. It absolutely does.

[Blue_Tires]

11. No, the CIA typically does air travel in a conventional manner...

[ret5hd]

12. Evergreen, Air America, Southern Air Transport

[Blue_Tires]

13. But they don't ride in the wheel wells or avionics bays

which was my point...

More discussion here: http://www.airliners.net/aviation-forums/general_aviation/read.main/6627041/

[DavidDvorkin]

2. "Wow! That bird we hit must have been carrying a dead man!"

[Mbrow]

6. What is the weight of a coconut carrying sparrow?

[Wilms]

3. I told them to use a body bag.

I wonder why one would fly around with a dead body.

[Capt.Rocky300]

4. I used to fly around with dead bodies.....

for a mortuary in SoCal. I did it to build flight time and make money. Yes, it was creepy. The only time it really bothered me was the time I had a gentleman in a body bag and got into some turbulence. There was a low throaty grunt from the deceased each time we bounced.

[Wilms]

5. As long as he remained seated.

[Eugene]

7. Zimbabwe releases US-registered plane carrying unidentified body

Source: Reuters

Zimbabwe releases US-registered plane carrying unidentified body

Reuters in Harare
Saturday 20 February 2016 16.12 GMT

Zimbabwe on Saturday released a US-registered cargo plane and the unidentified body of a suspected stowaway that was found onboard last Sunday, saying the cause of death was lack of oxygen.

National police spokeswoman Charity Charamba told reporters that the MD11 cargo plane, owned by Florida-based Western Global Airlines, its crew, the man’s body and cash belonging to South Africa’s central bank had left for South Africa.

The body was discovered by Zimbabwean aviation officials when the plane landed in Harare after failing to land in Durban, South Africa, Charamba said.

Questions remain about the origins of the man. The cargo plane had for three days travelled from Belgium to Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Uganda and Germany, after which it landed in Harare.

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Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/feb/20/zimbabwe-us-registered-plane-body-suspected-stowaway

[AnotherDreamWeaver]

9. Wonder why the body was bleeding if he died from "lack of oxygen"... nt

[Blue_Tires]

10. Because he would have gotten crushed in the wheelwell