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Body Part Falls From Wheel Well Of Plane, Lands In Yard
WNBC Television ^
| 6/7/2005
| Puppage
Posted on 06/07/2005 10:50:22 AM PDT by Puppage
NEW YORK -- A body part apparently fell from the wheel well of a plane coming in for a landing on Tuesday at John F. Kennedy Airport and landed in a suburban backyard, authorities said.
More remains were found on a South African Airways flight after it landed at Kennedy, said Tony Ciavolella, a spokesman for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.
Police suspect the remains were that of a male stowaway, the spokesman said. He would not confirm that the incidents at the airport and Long Island were related, saying, "It's still under investigation."
Messages left with South African Airways were not immediately returned.
Police in Nassau County received a call at 10:51 a.m. about a body part found in the backyard of a house. It apparently had hit the roof of a garage and bounced to the ground, said Officer Thomas Blanchard.
The South African Airways flight had originated in Johannesburg, but made one stop in Dakar, Senegal.
TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Miscellaneous; US: New York; Unclassified
KEYWORDS: airhitcher; darwinawardwinner; leftbehind; stowaway
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posted on
06/07/2005 10:50:23 AM PDT
by
Puppage
To: Puppage
So much for South African Air's "in flight" maintenance program.
2
posted on
06/07/2005 10:51:44 AM PDT
by
Tennessee_Bob
(The Crew Chief's Toolbox: A roll around cabinet full of specialists.)
To: Puppage
Hmm, they knew the body part was from a male. Makes you wonder exactly what body part it was...
3
posted on
06/07/2005 10:52:47 AM PDT
by
beeler
("When you’re running down my country, Hoss you’re walking on the fighting side of me.")
To: Puppage
"Police suspect the remains were that of a male stowaway"Oh, no, does this give a clue as to what body part it was?
4
posted on
06/07/2005 10:53:03 AM PDT
by
Texas dog
To: beeler
If it was a large body part, it was probably the ego. ;o)
5
posted on
06/07/2005 10:53:26 AM PDT
by
LIConFem
(A fronte praecipitium, a tergo lupi.)
To: Puppage
Some pilot didn't tap the brakes before raising the gear, I guess.
Cuisinart!
6
posted on
06/07/2005 10:53:35 AM PDT
by
grobdriver
(Let the embeds check the bodies!)
To: Puppage
Poor guy. Should have taken that upgrade to coach.
7
posted on
06/07/2005 10:54:41 AM PDT
by
ladtx
( "Remember your regiment and follow your officers." Captain Charles May, 2d Dragoons, 9 May 1846)
To: Tennessee_Bob
So much for South African Air's "in flight" maintenance program.not to mention their lunch menu
8
posted on
06/07/2005 10:54:44 AM PDT
by
sure_fine
(*not one to over kill the thought process*)
To: Puppage
Don't ya just hate it when that happens?.......
9
posted on
06/07/2005 10:55:12 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(It's not up to the gov't to give you an education. It's up to you to take it from them......)
To: LIConFem
If it was a large body part, it was probably the ego. ;o)AWESOME! Well done!
10
posted on
06/07/2005 10:55:22 AM PDT
by
RushCrush
(Never give in! Never, never, never, never! Never yield in any way great or small.)
To: Puppage
11
posted on
06/07/2005 10:55:39 AM PDT
by
naturalized
(Some folks look at me and see a certain swagger, which in Texas is called walking.)
To: Puppage
Body Part Falls From Wheel Well Of Plane, Lands In Yard Don't you just hate it when that happens?
12
posted on
06/07/2005 10:56:01 AM PDT
by
IamConservative
(To worry is to misuse your imagination.)
To: Puppage
Why would anyone want to sneak in to "Nazi America"?
(sarcasm)
13
posted on
06/07/2005 10:56:33 AM PDT
by
Dallas59
(" I have a great team that is going to beat George W. Bush" John Kerry -2004)
To: Puppage
Apparently stowing away in the wheel wells of US bound flights is not altogether uncommon. But if the person is unconscious when the wheels go back down, they can be in for a world of hurt!
14
posted on
06/07/2005 10:56:54 AM PDT
by
gridlock
(ELIMINATE PERVERSE INCENTIVES)
To: Puppage
Another guy dieing to get out of Africa.
15
posted on
06/07/2005 10:57:38 AM PDT
by
monday
To: Puppage
That's a shame he died. But courage (to try to leave) gets trumped by physics.
(But how could somebody expect to survive for hours at -30/-40 degrees, much less expect to breathe at 35,000 feet for that long?)
16
posted on
06/07/2005 10:58:11 AM PDT
by
Robert A Cook PE
(-I can only contribute to FR monthly, but Hillary's ABBCNNBCBS contributes to her campaign every day)
To: Puppage
17
posted on
06/07/2005 10:58:15 AM PDT
by
MoochPooch
(A righteous person worries about his or her behavior, an extremist about everyone else's.)
To: gridlock
DARWIN ALERT dammit! Has anyone ever seen a story with the headline - "Stowaway Makes Successful Entry in 747 Wheelwell"? I haven't.
To: MoochPooch
I wonder if he missed the in-flight peanuts.
19
posted on
06/07/2005 11:00:16 AM PDT
by
Nyboe
(From God we receive both our freedom and morality. A Godless society will have neither.)
To: Puppage
Cmon... Like it never happen in your neighborhood.
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