Stowaway found dead; AF flight between YUL-CDG

SR89 · Post by **SR89** » 03 Aug 2005, 22:44

Body found in landing gear of Air France plane arriving from Montreal

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HorsePower · Post by **HorsePower** » 03 Aug 2005, 23:02

I've heard about it today. The victim looks to be african.

R.I.P.

Seb.

SR89 · Post by **SR89** » 03 Aug 2005, 23:21

Seb, have they given anuy explanations on when/where the stowaway boarded the craft?

... we're still trying to figure out how he got in there.

HorsePower · Post by **HorsePower** » 03 Aug 2005, 23:31

The only thing I know is the man was black, so he probably accomplished "many" trips before being discovered. I heard about it on the radio today, not a word on the TV... It could be interresting to know where the a/c went before going to Canada.

Regards

Seb.

SN30952 · Post by **SN30952** » 03 Aug 2005, 23:50

HorsePower wrote:The only thing I know is the man was black, so he probably accomplished "many" trips before being discovered. I heard about it on the radio today, not a word on the TV... It could be interresting to know where the a/c went before going to Canada. Regards Seb.

Are you insinuating the stowaway might have been a frequent flyer stowaway, Seb?

Air France, AF 345, AF 347 and AF 349 fly Trudeau - Charles De Gaulle daily.

1 AF344 13H20-14H50 B77W
2 AF346 16H30-17H50 B747 400
3 AF348 18H55-20H30 A330-200

1 AF345 17H45-06H20 B77W
2 AF347 20H05-08H50 B747 400
3 AF349 22H50-11H40 A330-200*

Looks the aircraft from YUL come from.... CDG, Seb..

*The body was found during a check of the landing gear of an Airbus A330 that came on the Montreal-Paris route.

HorsePower · Post by **HorsePower** » 04 Aug 2005, 00:03

SN30952 wrote:Are you insinuating the stowaway might have been a frequent flyer stowaway, Seb?

Looks the aircraft from YUL come from.... CDG, Seb..

Yes, the aircraft comes from CDG of course, but my bet is this aircraft went from Africa before that trip. It means the guy did at least Africa-Paris, then Paris-Montreal and Montreal-Paris! There is a lot of space in the A330 LG bay (there is no midle LG, like on the A340).

Regards

Seb.

SR89 · Post by **SR89** » 04 Aug 2005, 00:07

Merci Seb.

That would make more sense.

SN30952 · Post by **SN30952** » 04 Aug 2005, 09:09

HorsePower wrote:It means the guy did at least Africa-Paris, then Paris-Montreal and Montreal-Paris! There is a lot of space in the A330 LG bay (there is no midle LG, like on the A340). Regards Seb.

So! In your analysis, Seb the guy might already have died on a flight North bound Africa a few days ago? Well, AF is flying with dead bodies, and they do not know? That might also create some (sanitary) surprises!

Avro · Post by **Avro** » 04 Aug 2005, 12:00

I follow your idea Seb.

It's always sad to see how far people will go when they want to leave there country !!!

Chris

Badabing · Post by **Badabing** » 04 Aug 2005, 14:55

shouldn't a body be discovered while in LG space during line maintenance or by the captain's walkaround before take-off ?

HorsePower · Post by **HorsePower** » 04 Aug 2005, 17:12

SN30952 wrote:So! In your analysis, Seb the guy might already have died on a flight North bound Africa a few days ago? Well, AF is flying with dead bodies, and they do not know? That might also create some (sanitary) surprises!

Exactly!

Badabing wrote:shouldn't a body be discovered while in LG space during line maintenance or by the captain's walkaround before take-off ?

The body was found during such a check but you are right, probably someone didn't performed his job properly at CDG...

Regards

Seb.

HorsePower · Post by **HorsePower** » 04 Aug 2005, 21:27

According to A.net member "Flying Belgian", the involved aircraft is F-GZCC and was in Kinshasa saturday night...

See the topic here.

Regards

Seb.

regi · Post by **regi** » 06 Aug 2005, 22:12

a frequent flyer stowaway, just the idea...