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Shock as human body falls from Air France Airbus A330 during flight
It’s not something that many people will experience (or want to experience) in life. Yesterday, in the West African country of Niger, an unsuspecting resident was out and about in the early morning, when suddenly out of nowhere a human body came hurling down from the sky, landing metres away on the ground. (www.theaviationwriter.com) Más...But when do they weigh the planes? What about penalties for more souls than on the manifest?
That's bad Phil, really bad.lol
I feel a darwin award coming his way
I'm not sure he qualifies. First is the question of whether he has already added to the gene pool. Another is that this is not that unique an occurance. I was going to add lack of spectacular elements but that does not seem to be in the rules as posted here:
http://www.darwinawards.com/rules/
http://www.darwinawards.com/rules/
In 2010, a North Carolina teen tried to reach Boston by the same method. When his body was found, autopsy was inconclusive as to cause of death. An expanded investigation uncovered that the youngster had run away from Charlotte and the time frame and approach data suggested he had fallen from a certain flight. The departure airport and the carrier were sued by the victim's family. While, I find the comments making light of the ignorance of these stowaways to be knee jerk Schadenfeude, I am irked by the irony of the persons responsible for the boy's ill advised "flight" receiving any reward.
A bird hit, seemingly a small menace. BUT a very heavy price.
Stow away? Variable price. So the measures have to be devised accordingly.