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Terrible seat assignment kills airline passenger
When Nas Air flight XY 720 from Beirut landed in Riyadh, airport workers found just how severe having the worst seat on the flight can be. The passenger wasn't alive any more, of course ... oh, and he was found on the landing gear. The corpse, ostensibly cold, has been shipped off to forensic medical experts for tests, according to local authorities. So, how did he get there? According to AFP:
Lebanon's state-run National News Agency (NNA) said passengers on the plane reported seeing a man in a baseball cap with a backpack make a dash for plane as it prepared to taxi. He stumbled once and then continued towards the plane.
The passengers and flight attendants let the pilot know about this, but he reportedly didn't do anything about it. Nas Air is staying tight-lipped on the affair.
[photo by dynamosquito via Flickr]
Filed under: Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Airlines, News, Middle East
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
drooski Jul 13th 2010 10:37AM
I can understand someone running and hiding in an airplane's landing gear to get OUT of Saudi but cannot for the life of me understand sneaking INTO the country. Such incidents of stowaway deaths are more common then people let on. Some have survived transatlantic flights while hidden in the landing gear, many have not. Those who try are desparate, but also foolish. The air temperature alone would be enough to kill a human, not to mention the lack of oxygen.
Sharif Jul 13th 2010 7:18PM
Lovely. The pilot was TOLD, and he ignored it. Lovely, lovely country.