Teen Stowaway Survives 5-Hour Hawaii Flight In Jet Wheel Well

[Jim Smyth]

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...es-5-hour-hawaii-flight-jet-wheel-well-n85416

How is this possible? Anyone have any particulars?

 

[BEfly]

Time of useful consciousness? Hypothermia? Lack of o2? Surviving retraction and extension?

I'm thinking Maybe he got into a baggage compartment....the correct one. Nonetheless, an amazing feat. His parents should start taking him a bit more seriously!

 

[Dan Roman]

Time of useful consciousness? Hypothermia? Lack of o2? Surviving retraction and extension?

I'm thinking Maybe he got into a baggage compartment....the correct one. Nonetheless, an amazing feat. His parents should start taking him a bit more seriously!

That, or he just wandered onto the ramp in Maui. I say NFW did he survive in the wheel well for 5 hours at 36,000 ft.

 

[Traderd]

Time of useful consciousness? Hypothermia? Lack of o2? Surviving retraction and extension?

I'm thinking Maybe he got into a baggage compartment....the correct one. Nonetheless, an amazing feat. His parents should start taking him a bit more seriously!

I posted this in an earlier thread on this topic. This is the LA Times story with the FBI agent stating he had no idea how he survived; it was a "miracle"

http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/...i-in-jets-wheel-well-20140421,0,5623323.story

Found this interesting from the FAA; seems there is a precedent incident:

http://www.faa.gov/data_research/research/med_humanfacs/aeromedical/aircraftaccident/wheelwell/

 

[tankerhead]

It's good that HA checked the heated wheel well option box.

 

[skypine69]

Time of useful consciousness? Hypothermia? Lack of o2? Surviving retraction and extension?

I'm thinking Maybe he got into a baggage compartment....the correct one. Nonetheless, an amazing feat. His parents should start taking him a bit more seriously!

Which is the correct one and why?

 

[j41driver]

One heated, one not.

 

[Dornier 335]

So how long before HA gets sued? It's OBVIOUSLY their fault! (sarcasm)

 

[ditchpilot]

Bs

Where are the frost bite photos?

 

[DUBLINFLYER]

CNN just showed how to get into a wheel well (767) and where to sit without getting squashed by the wheels, now everyone knows what to do, another act of irresponsibility by CNN

 

[Nindiri]

Candy Crowley should demonstrate it.

 

[Traderd]

Candy Crowley should demonstrate it.

You suggest world renowned journalist Candy Crowley stoop so low as to demonstrate how to stow away in the wheel well of a 767? Nonsense!

Perhaps in an An-225. Enough room there I would guess, but there would still be some weight and CG issues to consider...

 

[DieselDragRacer]

You suggest world renowned journalist Candy Crowley stoop so low as to demonstrate how to stow away in the wheel well of a 767? Nonsense!

Perhaps in an An-225. Enough room there I would guess, but there would still be some weight and CG issues to consider...

:laugh:

 

[Nindiri]

Excellent :laugh:

 

[sstearns2]

It makes me wonder how many people have done this and then run off and no one noticed.

Scott

 

[DUBLINFLYER]

[It makes me wonder how many people have done this and then run off and no one noticed.
or dropped into to the ocean on final

 

[PBRstreetgang]

Some people will do anything to avoid the TSA checkpoint.

 

[SpauldingSmails]

[It makes me wonder how many people have done this and then run off and no one noticed.
or dropped into to the ocean on final

Exactly what I was thinking. Then again I've not heard of anyone experiencing a par-frozen, hypoxic, corpse-missile plowing into their backyard on a 5-7 mile final.

 

[SWA Bubba]

So how long before HA gets sued? It's OBVIOUSLY their fault! (sarcasm)

In fact, I'd bet that it's Dan Roman's fault personally. Shoulda' done (or delegated) a better preflight walkaround, Dan. Tsk, tsk.

Bubba

 

[SWA Bubba]

Exactly what I was thinking. Then again I've not heard of anyone experiencing a par-frozen, hypoxic, corpse-missile plowing into their backyard on a 5-7 mile final.

It happens:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/avi...ential-street-under-Heathrow-flight-path.html

Bubba