P0sitiveRate From United States of America, joined Oct 2009, 44 posts, RR: 0 Reply 1, posted (3 years 3 months 5 days 3 hours ago) and read 14723 times:
The article says the aircraft was an Amerijet 767....I thought they only operate 727's?
P0sitiveRate From United States of America, joined Oct 2009, 44 posts, RR: 0 Reply 3, posted (3 years 3 months 5 days 3 hours ago) and read 14485 times:
Quoting SW733 (Reply 2): They have one 767-200F, which actually belongs to (and is in the colors of) ABX. This article has a picture of it:
legacytravel From United States of America, joined Aug 2005, 1067 posts, RR: 2 Reply 4, posted (3 years 3 months 5 days 2 hours ago) and read 14135 times:
RIP to the unlucky individual. These seem to be happening on a weekly basis.
BEG2IAH From United States of America, joined Apr 2004, 827 posts, RR: 12 Reply 5, posted (3 years 3 months 5 days 2 hours ago) and read 13943 times:
I read this on CNN yesterday. Every single comment was a joke about this poor soul. I guess people would react a bit differently had they seen the body.
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LV From United States of America, joined Jun 2001, 1814 posts, RR: 0 Reply 6, posted (3 years 3 months 5 days 1 hour ago) and read 13851 times:
The fact that they are still finding bodies in landing gear like this shows that despite the current economic climate, the talk of immigrants returning home and the black eye America's standing has taken in world affairs, the United States still is seen as the land of opportunity in many places.
TJM321 From United States of America, joined Jun 2009, 34 posts, RR: 0 Reply 7, posted (3 years 3 months 4 days 23 hours ago) and read 12953 times:
RIP to the victim.
The most unfortunate part of these cases is not so much, in my opinion, that the victims very often die, but that they do not know how small their chance of survival in this sort of escape method truly is.
LTBEWR From United States of America, joined Jan 2004, 12337 posts, RR: 12 Reply 8, posted (3 years 3 months 4 days 20 hours ago) and read 9791 times:
Once again, this raises significant questions of security at certain airports, of aircraft at certain airports and possibly mx procedures. While we don't yet know for sure how the body got into the wheel well, it is still a tragedy that needs to be properly investigated.
SSTsomeday From Canada, joined Oct 2006, 1276 posts, RR: 1 Reply 9, posted (3 years 3 months 4 days 17 hours ago) and read 8427 times:
Quoting LTBEWR (Reply 16): Once again, this raises significant questions of security at certain airports, of aircraft at certain airports and possibly mx procedures.
It does raise serious concerns about the access that desperate people have to A/C bound to International locations.
I wonder if statistics show that people who attempt this sort of thing usually work at the airports and have clearance?
I think a potential weakness in the security system worldwide is complacency about people who have been hired to work in secure areas. I think that the potential for an "inside job" much more sinister than simply seeking economic refugee status is quite likely.
Very sad that people in many parts of the world can be so desperate for hope that they put themselves in such peril. There's a lot of work to be done.
N49WA From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 10, posted (3 years 3 months 4 days 17 hours ago) and read 8037 times:
Quoting LV (Reply 10): The fact that they are still finding bodies in landing gear like this shows that despite the current economic climate, the talk of immigrants returning home and the black eye America's standing has taken in world affairs, the United States still is seen as the land of opportunity in many places.
Excellent comment. I can barely imagine the desperation that would drive a person to do this. Poor guy. We have to remember that these are (mostly) uneducated third world people with no of understanding of pressurization, temperature etc. They just see is as a way to get to the USA and to them, with no understanding of the risks, it makes sense.
On a side note, I long for the day when at least one thread on this site does not erupt into a "mines bigger than yours" free for all. Every single a.net member has something to contribute. If we disagree, can't we do it respectfully? This is not some neighborhood bar. Just my humble opinion and quiet rant.
platinumfoota From United States of America, joined Jan 2006, 543 posts, RR: 0 Reply 11, posted (3 years 3 months 4 days 16 hours ago) and read 7925 times:
ANY death in the aviation industry is unfortunate, my heart goes out to the victims family and friends. This once more highlights the topic of security, and as a former ramper the need to asure a walkaround check before departure. Aviation has always focused on safety, I hope Amerijet learns from this mistake.
acabgd From Serbia, joined Jul 2005, 625 posts, RR: 0 Reply 12, posted (3 years 3 months 4 days 11 hours ago) and read 6007 times:
Besides the obivous tragic involved with such a death (RIP), I'm way more worried about security implications. This unfortunate (and pretty stupid) guy might also have been someone with Al-Qaida links, planted the bomb inside the wheel well and simply left.
That's way more scaring than anything in this thread!
JohnKrist From Sweden, joined Jan 2005, 1340 posts, RR: 5 Reply 13, posted (3 years 3 months 4 days 10 hours ago) and read 5707 times:
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Certainly it's a sad thing when people take measures like this to get away from a bad situation/life. But, I feel more sorry for his family than him. Any sane person must realize that it's severely dangerous to climb into a wheel well, regardless of your knowledge about pressurisation or oxygen and temp levels. If you have ever seen a plane take off you know those doors are open for a good while after take off, and that an aircraft travels at high speed.
I care more about the situation for those people who have to deal with the mess of picking up the remains.
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FlyASAGuy2005 From United States of America, joined Sep 2007, 6520 posts, RR: 11 Reply 14, posted (3 years 3 months 4 days 4 hours ago) and read 2127 times:
Could the a/c in question be one of the former DL 762s? Also, i know i've seen pictures of the flight deck being updated to a modified LCD panel from the normal suite foubd on 762s/3s and 757s.
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AirNZ From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 15, posted (3 years 3 months 4 days 4 hours ago) and read 1929 times:
Quoting LTBEWR (Reply 16): Once again, this raises significant questions of security at certain airports, of aircraft at certain airports and possibly mx procedures
Quoting SSTsomeday (Reply 18): It does raise serious concerns about the access that desperate people have to A/C bound to International locations.
I don't necessarily think it does in relation to certain airports......but rather to all airports. One must note the recent discovery of a body on a DL aircraft which came from the US. So it certainly applies to all airports there, as well as other locations such as Santo Domingo.
CokePopper From United States of America, joined May 2008, 1095 posts, RR: 9 Reply 16, posted (3 years 3 months 4 days 4 hours ago) and read 1886 times:
Quoting AirNZ (Reply 30): I don't necessarily think it does in relation to certain airports......but rather to all airports. One must note the recent discovery of a body on a DL aircraft which came from the US. So it certainly applies to all airports there, as well as other locations such as Santo Domingo.
Was it determined where the deceased origionated from in the DL case?
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