GOV/MIL Dead stowaway found on Delta flight from NY to Japan/DUP

Dead Stowaway on Delta Air Flight Spotlights Security

Feb. 9 (Bloomberg) -- A body found in the landing-gear compartment of a Delta Air Lines Inc. jet that flew to Tokyo’s Narita Airport from New York may spur a fresh review of U.S. aviation security.

Lack of oxygen or hypothermia may have killed the stowaway, said a police official at Narita, who asked not to be identified because of department policy. The corpse of a man in jeans and other civilian clothes with no identification was discovered on Feb. 7, the police official said yesterday.

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Feb. 6 Departure

Flight 59 left New York’s John F. Kennedy Airport at 12:53 p.m. on Feb. 6 and landed in Japan at 4:50 p.m. local time on Feb. 7, said Susan Elliott, a spokeswoman for Atlanta-based Delta. The plane was a Boeing Co. 777 wide-body jet.

MORE: http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-02-08/dead-stowaway-on-delta-flight-to-tokyo-spotlights-security-risk.html



This stinks . . .
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ETA link: http://www.timebomb2000.com/vb/showthread.php?t=354540

With temps at cruising altitude in the 50-60 below zero range and for all practical proposes no oxygen in the air to breathe I'd say he didn't last too long.

New York to Narita is 13+ hours, most of it over Canada and Alaska at 30,000 feet. It's suicide to even make the attempt in the wheelwell.

I'd love to make another trip over there, but I'm not that desperate.

Thats would be a Darwin moment lol