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Dead body found lodged in wheel well of United Airlines plane in Maui on Christmas Eve
NY Post ^ | Dec. 25, 2024, | Priscilla DeGregory

Posted on 12/25/2024 3:24:37 PM PST by rdl6989

A dead body was found lodged in the wheel well of a United Airlines plane when it arrived in Maui, Hawaii, on Christmas Eve, officials said.

Flt. 202 took off of Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport on Tuesday around 9:49 a.m. and arrived at Kahului Airport about 2:12 p.m., according to the airline and data from FlightAware.

The body was discovered in a landing-gear wheel well of the Boeing 787-10 — an area that can only be accessed from outside the plane, United Airlines told The Post.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; US: Hawaii; US: Illinois
KEYWORDS: chicago; hawaii; illinois; maui; unitedairlines
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1 posted on 12/25/2024 3:24:37 PM PST by rdl6989
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A wheel well isn’t designed with passengers or cargo in mind.


2 posted on 12/25/2024 3:32:29 PM PST by GingisK
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Desperate to leave Chicago. Still, extreme.

TV version:
Chief: The body was found under the plane in the wheel well.
Detective: How long ago did the plane take off? Can we see the airport digital views?
Chief: That’s just it. This man was Vietnamese. He died fleeing the fall of Saigon. In 1975.
Detective: Looks like I picked the wrong week to give up drinking.


3 posted on 12/25/2024 3:35:58 PM PST by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls. )
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To: rdl6989

This is not the first case.


4 posted on 12/25/2024 3:36:56 PM PST by Telepathic Intruder
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https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/06/us/airplane-stowaways/index.html

Over 77% of the people who have attempted to hitch an illegal ride on an aircraft have died, the Federal Aviation Administration said.


5 posted on 12/25/2024 3:39:30 PM PST by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued, but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere)
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Hopefully they can find the man's next of kin so that they know where to send the bill for the airfare.

6 posted on 12/25/2024 3:40:35 PM PST by Governor Dinwiddie ( O give thanks unto the Lord, for He is gracious, and His mercy endureth forever. — Psalm 106)
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Didn’t one of the Afghans fleeing the Taliban during Joe’s disaster freeze to death in a wheel well?

It’s hard to see how a human could survive long at 36,000 feet.


7 posted on 12/25/2024 3:44:28 PM PST by packagingguy
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I guess the passenger was finally using their frequent flyer miles.


8 posted on 12/25/2024 3:44:32 PM PST by kawhill (Did they say why Willard? Are my methods unsound?)
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To: rdl6989

RIP. Apart from extreme weather clothing, you also need an oxygen tank.


9 posted on 12/25/2024 3:48:05 PM PST by Zhang Fei (My dad had a Delta 88. That was a car. It was like driving your living room)
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I remember reading of this happening back in the 1960s. Trying to flee their country the found a way to squeeze themselves into the wheel well compartment. Problem was one froze to death, the other fell to his death when the wheel well was opened while coming in for a landing.


10 posted on 12/25/2024 3:52:49 PM PST by Ruy Dias de Bivar
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That’s an upgrade on United Airlines..


11 posted on 12/25/2024 3:55:05 PM PST by maddog55 (The only thing systemic in America is the left's hatred of it!)
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Someone who ran afoul of the Obama cartel?


12 posted on 12/25/2024 3:55:30 PM PST by teacherwoes (Our Lady of China, pray for us)
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To: Telepathic Intruder; rdl6989

Nor the first post (literally 2nd post below).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4286453/posts

C’mon, man.


13 posted on 12/25/2024 4:05:32 PM PST by logi_cal869 (-cynicus the "concern troll" a/o 10/03/2018 /!i!! &@$%&*(@ -)
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(Didn’t one of the Afghans fleeing the Taliban during Joe’s disaster freeze to death in a wheel well?)

Yes!


14 posted on 12/25/2024 4:10:07 PM PST by Macho MAGA Man (The last two weren't balloons. One was a cylindrical object)
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To: GingisK

At all.


15 posted on 12/25/2024 4:24:02 PM PST by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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To: Telepathic Intruder

And it won’t be the last either.


16 posted on 12/25/2024 4:24:26 PM PST by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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To: teacherwoes

Perhaps.


17 posted on 12/25/2024 4:25:04 PM PST by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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To: Governor Dinwiddie
Hopefully they can find the man's next of kin so that they know where to send the bill for the airfare.

And the **AHEM** lodging.

18 posted on 12/25/2024 4:27:28 PM PST by OSHA (At least Trump is competent to stand trial!)
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To: rdl6989

Carrion Luggage Ping ..........


19 posted on 12/25/2024 4:46:59 PM PST by njslim
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They should start putting oxygen masks in there.


20 posted on 12/25/2024 4:54:20 PM PST by Telepathic Intruder
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