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: gridlock
DARWIN ALERT dammit! Has anyone ever seen a story with the headline - "Stowaway Makes Successful Entry in 747 Wheelwell"? I haven't.
To: gridlock
"But if the person is unconscious when the wheels go back down, they can be in for a world of hurt!"
I can tell you with a high degree of certainty, that not only was he unconscious, but quite dead. The cold temperatures and lack of oxygen at the average cruising altitude would kill anyone.
21 posted on
06/07/2005 11:01:33 AM PDT by
LIConFem
(A fronte praecipitium, a tergo lupi.)
To: gridlock
probable cruise altitude...between 33-40 thousand feet...If the well was unpressurized: probable outside air temp.....area of magnitude minus 40 degrees.....probable available oxygen....nil.....westbouind flight time around 8 hours...goodbye
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