Originally Posted by
AAL763
Looks like a
dead body was found in wheel well compartment on a UAL202 from ORD-PHOG yesterday.
Now, I'm just going to go out on a limb and say this stowaway was from the previous flight which was coming from San Paulo, Brazil (Although, I hear Chicagostan is getting pretty bad nowadays). Anyways, if from Brazil, what a damning indictment on both the flight crew and ground crew in ORD for not catching this in Chicago. If an actual walk-around was performed, there is no way a dead body would be left unnoticed in the wheel well. Cold ears in Chicago are not a valid reason for skipping a walk-around, haha. Can anyone confirm yet if the stowaway was from Chicago or Brazil?
It’s a 787, not an open and eye level wheel welled 737 with a dead body hanging out. It’s very possible the body wouldn’t be visible unless it was positioned just right. I agree with your theory that it was there from the previous inbound flight, but that doesn’t necessarily mean it was easily visible and missed by a neglectful pilot. (Unless they are senior to me. Then it was all their fault and they need to be fired for their heinous walk-around).