Stowaway was discovered alive in the landing gear on AA flight from Guatemala City to Miami

[GON]

AA flight #1182 just arrived at Miami. Came from Guatemala City. A male stowaway was discovered alive in the landing gear.

Stowaway in Landing Gear of Plane Lands in Miami From Guatemala

A 26-year-old stowaway arrived in the landing gear compartment of American Airlines flight 1182 from Guatemala City to Miami International Airport Saturday. Video from Only in Dade shows the man sitting on the ground as airport personnel tried to aid him and give him water. The man survived the...

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[kschachn]

It’s unusual that anyone is found alive. Usually they die from hypoxia and freeze to death, then fall out while the airplane is on approach. Or get crushed by the landing gear as it retracts.

I once read that the airport with the highest number of dead bodies from this type of situation is Heathrow.

 

[bbhero]

Yeah there's not much oxygen above 25,000 feet. And it can extremely cold too.

Interesting to note how our b-29 bomber crews in WW II had to deal with the low oxygen be and severe cold....

 

[Passport1]

D B Cooper returns to the US;

 

[Krieg]

Sad reality!

 

[JimPghPA]

Yeah there's not much oxygen above 25,000 feet. And it can extremely cold too.

Interesting to note how our b-29 bomber crews in WW II had to deal with the low oxygen be and severe cold....

The B-29 was pressurized, though to what amount of a normal atmosphere I do not know. The crew did not have to wear oxygen masks in normal flight.

The B-17, B-24, B-25 were not pressurized.

 

[BusyLittleShop]

Yeah there's not much oxygen above 25,000 feet. And it can extremely cold too.

Interesting to note how our b-29 bomber crews in WW II had to deal with the low oxygen be and severe cold....

Pressurized B29s were primarily deployed to the warmer Pacific theater where as the B17 B24 were primarily deployed to the colder European theater so without pressurization to keep flyers warm they donned the F2 heated flight suit...

 

[wpod]

Sad.

 

[E365]

Pretty amazing he survived, especially on a 737 with no main landing gear doors. Can’t imagine how unpleasant that would be in there.

 

[RoadDukie]

I read yesterday that since (around) 1947 to the U.S. , there have been 129 aircraft stowaways in the landing gear. 29 survived.

 

[SammyChevelleTypeS3]

The B-29 was pressurized, though to what amount of a normal atmosphere I do not know. The crew did not have to wear oxygen masks in normal flight.

The B-17, B-24, B-25 were not pressurized.

Right. The B-17 was the work horse heavy hitter for WWII. The late actor Charles Bronson was gunner in one of them.

 

[RoadDukie]

Clark Gable flew around 5 missions on a B-17 winning several citations.

 

[kschachn]

I read yesterday that since (around) 1947 to the U.S. , there have been 129 aircraft stowaways in the landing gear. 29 survived.

There have been many more than that. Where did you read this statistic?

 

[RedSpider]

Probably in the 10th sentence of the above article that was posted that you didnt read.

 

[kschachn]

Probably in the 10th sentence of the above article that was posted that you didnt read.

Yeah that’s not accurate by any means.

 

[RoadDukie]

There have been many more than that. Where did you read this statistic?

I thought the exact same thing kschachn. Seemed like way too small of a number.

I read this stat in the following story that quotes FAA with these numbers:

"The Federal Aviation Administration said 129 people have attempted to stow away in the landing gear compartments or other areas of commercial aircraft worldwide since 1947.

Only 29 have survived, with 100 dying of injuries or exposure."

Stowaway hidden in plane's wheel well survives over two-hour flight to Miami

The 26-year-old man was pictured looking dazed but appeared otherwise uninjured as he sat on the tarmac by a plane at Miami International Airport.

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[WylieCoyote]

Would love to know the details about how he managed to get into the secured area, and at exactly what point in the plane's layover he was able to climb up there and not be seen, even by the pilot's / F.O.'s pre-flight check. Not getting a very warm feeling about Guatemala City's airport security.

 

[RoadDukie]

A LOT of years ago, I worked at UA as a bag-buster (AKA: Ramp Serviceman). Occasionally I'd look up into the wheel well area of multiple aircraft types thinking: "Humm...If I were to try to stowaway up in here, how and where would I sit". Every single time, I walked away shaking my head muttering "Nope"! I can't imagine the sound and furry of hanging on up there at takeoff climbing out at 130 knots wondering where all those giant steel parts are going to go when they retract the gear.

 

[Owen Lucas]

Right. The B-17 was the work horse heavy hitter for WWII. The late actor Charles Bronson was gunner in one of them.

Charles Bronson was the man, dated a girl once who's dad looked and acted like him too....what a PITA.

 

[Owen Lucas]

AA flight #1182 just arrived at Miami. Came from Guatemala City. A male stowaway was discovered alive in the landing gear.

Stowaway in Landing Gear of Plane Lands in Miami From Guatemala

A 26-year-old stowaway arrived in the landing gear compartment of American Airlines flight 1182 from Guatemala City to Miami International Airport Saturday. Video from Only in Dade shows the man sitting on the ground as airport personnel tried to aid him and give him water. The man survived the...

www.nbcmiami.com

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Just put your self in a wooden crate. Must be warmer in the cargo hold.

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