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? asked in TravelAustraliaDarwin · 1 decade ago

Stowaway earns 'darwin' award?

Well, it seems every few years, another one tries the ol' hide in the wheel well stowaway trick and as usual winds up dead. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100208/ap_on_re_as/as...

Do they not know that there's 3 things you have to overcome for that to work?

1) There's not near as much space as you think in an aircraft wheel well, looking at it on the ground you think there's space for a small car. But in flight, all that space is 95% used up by wheel and support assembly, so you can get squashed nicely when the unit folds up into the hole.

2) It gets Really Cold at 40,000 feet, so dress like you're going to the south pole.

3) Bring 12 hours of oxygen with you, because the air is Really Thin at cruising altitude.

This poor boy should have planned ahead?

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  • 1 decade ago
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    One wonders about the security . How did he get there un noticed. That's frightening. Oh my , there are some desperate people in the world. . I just think how lucky are we .We must've had good karma in our last life.

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