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Media Release
just minutes ago

Feb 8, 2010 4:09 pm US/Eastern

Body Found In Landing Gear Of

NYC-To-Tokyo Flight

Temperatures Estimated At Minus-58 Inside Compartment Where Apparent Stowaway Hid For 6,760-Mile Journey

Authorities at Narita International Airport in Tokyo made a chilling discovery late Sunday. The body of an apparent stowaway was found in the landing gear compartment on a Delta flight from New York that had just landed.

Japanese authorities spent Monday trying to identify the man.

The body of the apparent stowaway was clad only in a long-sleeved, plaid shirt and jeans, police at Narita International said.

New York and Tokyo are separated by 6,760 miles and flight time is 12-14 hours on average.

A mechanic found the body lying inside the landing gear compartment of the Boeing 777-200 during maintenance after Delta Flight 59 landed Sunday night, police official Zenjiro Watanabe said.

``All we know is that he must have sneaked in just before departure, because it is impossible for him to enter the storage during flight,'' Watanabe said. Police are trying to identify the man.

He had no visible injuries except frostbite and may have died of hypothermia, Watanabe said. The temperature in that part of the plane falls to about minus 58 degrees (minus 50 degrees Celsius) during the long flight.

Police were investigating the case both as an accident and a possible crime, Watanabe said.

Delta officials were not immediately available for comment.

Similar cases have occurred in the past. In 2007, a man was found dead in the nose gear wheel well on a United Airlines flight that arrived in San Francisco from Shanghai. He, too, was thought to be a stowaway.

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[unclepaul]

Thanks just4u,WOW do it ever get cold in there,its a very unfortunate story.









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[tiger-55]

What ever the reason could be for him to get away like this... very sad

[Victor Hugo]

Thanks Just4ufolks.

[pulpworker]

Yes very sad , a very terrible way to die, I bet a painful way as well, thanks for the story.