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Stowaway rides 747 landing gear from Africa to Amsterdam
NY Post ^

Posted on 01/24/2022 11:40:21 AM PST by BenLurkin

A 22-year-old Kenyan man was found in the wheel well of a cargo plane that had traveled from South Africa to the Netherlands, Dutch police said Monday.

The man, whose identity was not released, was discovered hiding after the plane touched down Sunday at Schipol Airport in Amsterdam, police said in a statement.

Flight Aware’s records show the plane maintaining an altitude of over 30,000 feet for the flight.

“This is definitely very unusual that someone was able to survive the cold at such a height – very, very unusual,” Joanna Helmonds, a spokesperson for the Dutch Royal Marechaussee, a national police force, told Reuters.

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TOPICS: Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: 747; kenya
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Lucky sob.

I hope they fly him home First Class.

1 posted on 01/24/2022 11:40:21 AM PST by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin

How did this guy survive the cold and oxygen deprivation, especially for such a long flight?


2 posted on 01/24/2022 11:41:39 AM PST by Little Ray (Civilization runs on a narrow margin. What sustains it is not magic, but hard work. )
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To: Little Ray
Maybe all Kenyans are reptilians


3 posted on 01/24/2022 11:43:37 AM PST by Salamander ("Salamander has barbaric tendencies" /Gundog)
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To: Little Ray

Certain drugs could do that..................


4 posted on 01/24/2022 11:44:35 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: BenLurkin

“This is definitely very unusual that someone was able to survive the cold at such a height – very, very unusual,”

AKA “Frosty”


5 posted on 01/24/2022 11:45:33 AM PST by Flick Lives
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To: Little Ray

Maybe he bought a B25 crew outfit from an army-navy surplus store and a tank of pilots oxygen... :)


6 posted on 01/24/2022 11:46:08 AM PST by BiglyCommentary
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This is definitely very unusual that someone was able to survive the cold at such a height

Everest Sherpa?

7 posted on 01/24/2022 11:46:59 AM PST by 1Old Pro (Let's make crime illegal again!)
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To: BenLurkin

There are many people who climb Everest (29,032’) without supplemental oxygen. Also, he’s not expending any energy (except trying to keep warm) so while I wouldn’t want to try it, its possible to survive, in that regard

Maybe also prepared extremely heavy clothing? One might assume a lot of preparation, but it is Kenya, and he is an illegal immigrant, after all - so I doubt it.

Probably just a very lucky criminal.


8 posted on 01/24/2022 11:59:42 AM PST by PGR88
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To: BenLurkin

If he brought is Arrest Warrant or Deportation Order with him, he’s home free.


9 posted on 01/24/2022 12:03:07 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom (81 million votes...and NOT ONE "Build Back Better" hat)
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To: BenLurkin

He want be ‘round white people so much.


10 posted on 01/24/2022 12:03:10 PM PST by Steely Tom ([Voter Fraud] == [Civil War])
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To: BenLurkin

Not only surviving the cold and lack of oxygen, but also managing not to get crushed when the wheel retracted or fall out when the wheels were put down to land. One very lucky sob.


11 posted on 01/24/2022 12:03:18 PM PST by The Great RJ ("Socialists are happy until they run out of people's money." Margaret Thatche)
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To: BenLurkin

At least he didn’t have to wear a mask and be abused by flight attendants.


12 posted on 01/24/2022 12:03:33 PM PST by howlinhound (Live your life so that, when you get up in the morning, Satan says, "Oh Crap!..He's awake" - Unknown)
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To: BenLurkin
He's training for Jamaican bob sled team...


13 posted on 01/24/2022 12:03:46 PM PST by Magnum44 (...against all enemies, foreign and domestic...)
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To: BenLurkin

Maybe he didnt want to sit with the mask Karens.


14 posted on 01/24/2022 12:04:10 PM PST by Wilderness Conservative (Nature is the ultimate conservative)
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To: PGR88

But the climbers get to a base camp to allow themselves to adjust for the altitude, seems like for a pretty long period of time before they can make that final ascent. Just seems crazy to me, I’ve been to the altitude chamber and I know what hypoxia can do to a person. Also, I happen to fly the 747 and it just boggles my mind that he figured out how to ride the gear as it was being retracted without being squished .


15 posted on 01/24/2022 12:07:48 PM PST by Bigbrown
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To: Little Ray

Exactly. Just looked up the temp at 30,000ft.

-48 degree Fahrenheit


16 posted on 01/24/2022 12:10:21 PM PST by qaz123
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To: BiglyCommentary

Did those things fly at the same altitude as a 747?

I don’t even think an AC-130 gunship will fly that high with the crew exposed.


17 posted on 01/24/2022 12:12:02 PM PST by qaz123
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To: BenLurkin

Moron. He could have found out where all the US-based refugee resettlement companies were operating out of and rode in a plush seat, warm, food and drink. And the UN would have given him some spending money, to boot.


18 posted on 01/24/2022 12:13:53 PM PST by qaz123
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To: Salamander

LOL!


19 posted on 01/24/2022 12:14:07 PM PST by TheElectionWasStolen
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To: BenLurkin

Nope, didn’t happen. This story is BS.


20 posted on 01/24/2022 12:15:18 PM PST by Gary from Dayton (Scary unvaccinated American )
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