Body found in A340 Landing Gear Well

[Dash8captain]

Weird

http://www.stuff.co.nz/world/africa/972819...lane-wheel-well

[Ian Warren]

Not so weird .. 20/30 years back it was a regular occurance , course the most famous was the Vietnam evacuation ... forgot the pilots name (Ed Daily?) - but anyways left the UC down because the tower told him people jumped into the wheel wells and one incident was shown on TV1 from aircraft showing a Boeing 727 .. back then only one channel and B/W .. round about 1973 - footage showed the refugee falling to his death only moments before landing .

[Dash8captain]

QUOTE (Ian Warren @ Feb 16 2014,12:28 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Not so weird .. 20/30 years back it was a regular occurance , course the most famous was the Vietnam evacuation ... forgot the pilots name (Ed Daily?) - but anyways left the UC down because the tower told him people jumped into the wheel wells and one incident was shown on TV1 from aircraft showing a Boeing 727 .. back then only one channel and B/W .. round about 1973 - footage showed the refugee falling to his death only moments before landing .

Why would they jump in there in the first place? - most normal people would know that once you get to altitude you would die of no oxygen and cold etc

And what about when the gear gets folded away? - wouldn't they get squashed?

[Ian Warren]

QUOTE (Dash8captain @ Feb 16 2014,6:14 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Why would they jump in there in the first place? - most normal people would know that once you get to altitude you would die of no oxygen and cold etc

And what about when the gear gets folded away? - wouldn't they get squashed?

It was simply Panic ! to get away from North Vietnamese regime of the period - Pol-pot was also a leading factor.

This is were this specific pilot became in his own write a legend and a hero, in period he broke all the laws and rules flying everything from DC-8s to the Boeing's well overloaded just getting people out of Siagon , the panic was feverish were ones who could not get on board grabbed anything to get away ... on leaving with his flight had no flight plan the tower told the situation - on mention people were hanging on the UC and in the wheel well slowed the aircraft up flew to Thailand's closes airport - simply they fell to their deaths due to exhaustion .