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Last edited Mon Jan 24, 2022, 07:21 AM - Edit history (1)
{edited to add: I'm sure the headline writer meant to say "wheel well." The story is unlikely enough as it is.}
Link to tweet
The man had been hiding for more than 11 hours since the plan departed from Johannesburg, South Africa, according to a spokesperson at Schiphol airport
Walleye
(30,697 posts)Sorry Too many weird stories in the news today.
dumbcat
(2,120 posts)Sorry, but that's not going to happen.
ShazzieB
(15,952 posts)magicarpet
(13,935 posts)Progressive Jones
(6,011 posts)bluecollar2
(3,622 posts)No way he was in the wheel...
Inside the wheel well..maybe.
Aircraft was probably flying at 500+/- knots at 30,000 feet.
Oxygen deprivation and below freezing levels should have killed him.
Should have vs. Would have...
I trust the Beeb
Sometimes good stuff happens
bluecollar2
(3,622 posts)No way he was in the wheel...
Inside the wheel well..maybe.
Aircraft was probably flying at 500+/- knots at 30,000 feet.
Oxygen deprivation and below freezing levels should have killed him.
Should have vs. Would have...
I trust the Beeb
Sometimes good stuff happens