Stowaway Found Dead ORD-PHOG
12-26-2024 | 05:12 AM
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Yes I remember that story, I don't buy it for a second that he could have survived and even "see the clouds through the little holes" as he told reporters. Think about it he would have sustained about 5 hours without the use of supplemental oxygen at 38000 when the time of consciousness is about 30-60 seconds. I suspect he got into the cargo compartment with assistance from sympathetic ground personnel and did not want to rat them out.
12-26-2024 | 07:03 AM
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Yes I remember that story, I don't buy it for a second that he could have survived and even "see the clouds through the little holes" as he told reporters. Think about it he would have sustained about 5 hours without the use of supplemental oxygen at 38000 when the time of consciousness is about 30-60 seconds. I suspect he got into the cargo compartment with assistance from sympathetic ground personnel and did not want to rat them out.
12-26-2024 | 08:25 AM
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Yes I remember that story, I don't buy it for a second that he could have survived and even "see the clouds through the little holes" as he told reporters. Think about it he would have sustained about 5 hours without the use of supplemental oxygen at 38000 when the time of consciousness is about 30-60 seconds. I suspect he got into the cargo compartment with assistance from sympathetic ground personnel and did not want to rat them out.
Its happened before on even longer flights, and will happen again. It doesn’t mean the few lucky survivors avoid frostbite or brain damage though.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wheel-well_stowaway
12-26-2024 | 09:20 AM
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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?
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?
You think ground crew, pilots and mx missed this??
12-26-2024 | 12:43 PM
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12-26-2024 | 12:55 PM
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