Body found in 777 landing gear bay

[BigBird]

http://travel.msn.co.nz/destinations/asia/...-delta-airliner

[creator2003]

Wow what a way to go ,how scary would that be as you relised maybe this was not a good idea ..R.I.P

[Kelburn]

RIP.
Yeah, once you start, you commit to it. Heck if you realised on take-off...

[steelsporran]

You have to wonder about the mentality of anyone doing that. 

[creator2003]

Or lack of library research on what will happen to you if you take this seat on the wheel bays ..

[deaneb]

Stowaways trying this was not uncommon in the 70's as desparate people tried to leave their countries. Surprisingly some people have survived freezing temps and oxygen deprivation to tell the tale. Then there are those who under estimate the space the gear will take up - they are dead long before cold or oxy stavation gets them.

[Ian Warren]

Following , there was one pilot during the evacuation off (Siagon)Vietnam in 1975 , knowingly kept the gear down , people like rats just wanted to get away , well known footage off some who fell to there deaths .

[ZKNBA]

I remember reading somewhere about a man trying to escape Cuba. He climbed into the landing gear bay of an Iberia DC-8 as it stopped at the holding point and somehow tied himself in. The aircraft took off and he soon passed out due to a lack of oxygen. The aircraft landed in Spain (probably Madrid), arrived at the gate at which point his frozen body fell out.
http://cubanology.com/Articles/stowawayrevisited.htm

RIP to the person who passed away

[ZKTOM]

If only he had read "Aviation Medicine and Human Factors for Pilots"...

[pilotgallagher01]

haha, funny how they use a 737 picture saying its the 777...
At least the body didn't full out and didn't land in someones back yard, I remember something similar being on the news in england as a plane extended its landing gear a body came out and landed in someones garden!