MIGRANT'S PLUNGE Sunbather narrowly escapes death as jet stowaway falls 3,500ft and lands 3ft

The SUN UK ^ | 1 Jul 2019, 22:31Updated: 2 Jul 2019, 11:25 | Mike Sullivan, Crime Editor

[BenLurkin]

“neighbour was standing on the phone to the police.”

[Red Badger]

He was likely read 30 minutes into the flight and frozen solid...........

[NativeSon]

“A fella could have a pretty good weekend in *Vegas with all that stuff”

*or Dallas

[Tammy8]

Witness said it sounded like a whomp. lol

[Pollard]

womp

or if it bounced, womp womp

[nevadapatriot]

>As if the Blitz wasn’t bad enough ...

An Ebola bomb

[USMCPOP]

During the Vietnam War the US experimented with tiny kinetic missiles dropped from low flying aircraft. Each weighed around an ounce I believe and was conical shaped. After one run an officer surveying damage said it looked like the ground was tenderized. Also one of the projectiles entered the next of a solider and exited out his groin.

Look up "Lazy Dog"(bomb) on Wikipedia. I may still have a couple that I got from a surplus store when I was a kid.

[spankalib]

That scene is so famous, David Weber wrote about it in his Honor Harrington series. Called it “The Heinlein Maneuver”!

[A_perfect_lady]

Given the lack of heat or pressurization, the guy was likely dead before he even hit the ground - right?

Oh, I'm sure. Probably dead by the time the plane hit cruising altitude some 7 hours previous, or at least unconscious. I mean... there's not much air 6 miles up, is there? And the temperatures are around 60 below zero.

[dfwgator]

Think Payne Stewart, when the plane lost pressurization.

[PapaBear3625]

Given the lack of heat or pressurization, the guy was likely dead before he even hit the ground - right?

From the article: "He added: “I spoke to Heathrow and they said this happens once every five years. There was a previous man who was frozen and this one, he was like an ice block.” "

He died from lack of oxygen when the plane reached cruising altitude, and then his dead body froze, as at 30,000 feet it's generally about -40F. So, yes.

[Boogieman]

I’m going to start a rock band and call it “The Tragic Migrants”.

[Scott from the Left Coast]

“...and his head was not in a good way.”

The lost art of understatement.

[SunkenCiv]

The sunbather, in his 20s, was dozing in the garden of the terraced house as the body hit with such force it left a crater in the lawn and smashed a path.

Great, there's a big landscaping bill.

[Chuckster]

Ever read Heinlein's The Moon is a Harsh Mistress?.

Indeed. I just finished re-reading that classic. A bit dated, technology wise, but instructive for our times nonetheless.

[IronJack]

Frozen Kenyan Splatter: it’s what’s for worm dinner.

[Red Badger]

“Let’s throw rocks at them!”......................

[Red Badger]

The Brits are good at that.................

[Red Badger]

Just change the lyrics:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKfASw6qoag

[Calvin Locke]

Well, take the Dresden firebombing during WWII.

It came in three waves.

First the spotter planes dropping flares, then bombing with HE to create “kindling” and open up roofs, then the incendiaries.