Two Dead in Jet Blue Gear Compartment

bonefishpete said:
Seriously if foreign airports can’t secure their ramp areas the FAA should not permit aircraft landings at US airports until they get their third world ramps secured.
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From memory
A couple years ago a boy scout managed to climb into the wheel well at ?Atlanta? - body fell on some east coast town.
Some kid managed to survive a ride from the west coast to Hawaii a few years ago
An airplane cleaner got fired for showing his girlfriend what it's like inside an airliner at Detroit.
One of my students carried a knife and other "bad" tools into the terminal area at Detroit through an employee entrance - he worked for a company doing Christmas decorations. Don't recall if he was on the ramp also.
No shortage of airport insecurity incidents in the U.S.
 
Capt. Geoffrey Thorpe said:
From memory
A couple years ago a boy scout managed to climb into the wheel well at ?Atlanta? - body fell on some east coast town.
Some kid managed to survive a ride from the west coast to Hawaii a few years ago
An airplane cleaner got fired for showing his girlfriend what it's like inside an airliner at Detroit.
One of my students carried a knife and other "bad" tools into the terminal area at Detroit through an employee entrance - he worked for a company doing Christmas decorations. Don't recall if he was on the ramp also.
No shortage of airport insecurity incidents in the U.S.
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Ah, but was the dead stowaway carrying any forbidden items? If not, security was successful. If he was carrying something, security was successful in keeping him out of the passenger compartment. ;)

On a serious note, why don't they open the gear doors while on the ground and close them at pushback? It would not only make inspection easier but also prevent somebody from thinking the closed door is a real convenient shelf to hide on.
 
Dana said:
Ah, but was the dead stowaway carrying any forbidden items? If not, security was successful. If he was carrying something, security was successful in keeping him out of the passenger compartment. ;)

On a serious note, why don't they open the gear doors while on the ground and close them at pushback? It would not only make inspection easier but also prevent somebody from thinking the closed door is a real convenient shelf to hide on.
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More people would end up getting killed opening and closing the doors.
 
I suppose Boeing and Airbus will have to start installing wheel well liners to close off the areas that the wheel doesn't need. That would eliminate places to lay in, leave nothing to hold onto, and the gear doors should be open until the airplane rolls for takeoff.
 
Today I saw somewhere an article that the bodies were somewhat decomposed, leading them to believe that they have been there for some time.

Carrying dead weight, literally.
 
Dan Thomas said:
I suppose Boeing and Airbus will have to start installing wheel well liners to close off the areas that the wheel doesn't need. That would eliminate places to lay in, leave nothing to hold onto, and the gear doors should be open until the airplane rolls for takeoff.
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Nah, just a speaker to exclaim, "Thank you for stowing away, your body will removed upon landing. We hope your death pleases you."
 
2-Bit Speed said:
Nah, just a speaker to exclaim, "Thank you for stowing away, your body will removed upon landing. We hope your death pleases you."
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After HR department spin:

“Thank you for flying SouthUniDelta Airlines, please sit back and chill, this flight will take your breath away!”
 
Ashara Keliyn said:
Today I saw somewhere an article that the bodies were somewhat decomposed, leading them to believe that they have been there for some time.

Carrying dead weight, literally.
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Jet Blue say souls on board? Aw Center we got 120 souls and two bodies on board!
 
midwestpa24 said:
That actually makes for an interesting scenario if an airliner ever crashed and rescue recovered more bodies than were on the manifest.
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Well, this got me thinking. Maybe they aren't stowaways, perhaps it's just a cut-rate funeral home's way of saving money.
 
Urban story at delta… coupla ramp guys unloaded a dog carrier and found the dog deceased… being innovative, they sourced as similar dog as possible.

Owner immediately caught the switch, since she lied and sent a deceased dog so she could bury it in the family plot! D’oh!!
 
So in all of this, I haven't read the part yet where Jet Blue contacts the family members to bill them for the flight.
 
Tools said:
Urban story at delta… coupla ramp guys unloaded a dog carrier and found the dog deceased… being innovative, they sourced as similar dog as possible.

Owner immediately caught the switch, since she lied and sent a deceased dog so she could bury it in the family plot! D’oh!!
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A Cessna 152 crashed in a European country cemetery. Officials have recovered 8 bodies. They are still digging and expect more in the morning.
 
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