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Man survives flight in plane’s landing gear | Man survives flight in plane’s landing gear |
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The man was found during technical checks after the Air Algerie flight to France | |
A man, who has not been identified, was discovered during technical checks on Thursday in the landing gear compartment of a commercial Air Algerie aircraft that flew into Paris from Oran, Algeria, French authorities said. | |
The airport source also noted that the person, believed to be in his 20s, “was alive but in a life-threatening condition because of severe hypothermia” after the two-and-a-half-hour flight. | The airport source also noted that the person, believed to be in his 20s, “was alive but in a life-threatening condition because of severe hypothermia” after the two-and-a-half-hour flight. |
The authorities stated that he had been taken to a nearby hospital in a serious condition, and he didn't have any ID. | |
Survival is unlikely for anyone traveling in a landing gear compartment as commercial aircraft fly at altitudes 9,000 to 12,000 meters, where temperatures typically drop to around -50 degrees Celsius (-58 Fahrenheit), and there is a lack of oxygen, which leads to severe hypoxia. | |
A man was found on a plane that flew from South Africa to the Netherlands via Kenya last year. The cargo plane at Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport was found to have a passenger, later identified as Kenyan, in the front wheel section. | |
In July 2019, a man’s frozen body fell into a garden in a London suburb. It was reported to have fallen from a Kenya Airways plane’s landing gear compartment while the flight was approaching Heathrow Airport. | |
According to the US Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) data, the mortality rate of stowaway passengers on flights between 1947 and 2021 was around 77%. | According to the US Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) data, the mortality rate of stowaway passengers on flights between 1947 and 2021 was around 77%. |
According to the FAA, 132 individuals have been identified as stowaways who tried to travel in commercial airplane landing gear compartments during this period. | According to the FAA, 132 individuals have been identified as stowaways who tried to travel in commercial airplane landing gear compartments during this period. |
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