Originally Posted by
TonyWilliams
I don't know how many times this happens in a year, but I can think of at least one other in the past year. A guy climbed into the wheel well of the B777 of Delta, from Lagos, Nigeria, to Atlanta.
Then the same plane went to New York.
Then the same plane went to Japan. That's when the found the body.
Indeed, somebody should put some warning signs down there.
All jokes aside, I'm surprised the A380 doesn't have a well-cam, or does it?
I do remember when that guy from Tahiti made it, was pretty well played all over the news. The failures are obviously less celebrated.
Stowaway Found Alive in Jet's Wheel Well - ABC News
Medically I'd be astounded that anybody makes it at all for a flight of any significant duration (hours) without permanent anoxic brain damage. The cooling does seem to help things though -- for cardiac arrest or near drowning victims we have a cooling protocol in the intensive care unit which attempts to minimize CNS damage. That probably plays a big role for the few that do make it through the flights...