Another one survives: Stowaway plunges to death on flight to London

Another one survives: Stowaway plunges to death on flight to London
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Another One Survives: Stowaway Plunges To Death On Flight To London. In a bizarre incident, a stowaway fell to his death on a London shop from a British Airways flight from Johannesburg that was approaching Heathrow while another man who also clung to the plane miraculously survived the nearly 13,000 km journey.

London: In a bizarre incident, a stowaway fell to his death on a London shop from a British Airways flight from Johannesburg that was approaching Heathrow while another man who also clung to the plane miraculously survived the nearly 13,000 km journey.

The two men are believed to have clung on to the British Airways plane as it flew from Johannesburg in South Africa to Heathrow.

The victim fell on to a shop in Richmond, south-west London, which was below the flight path, on Thursday.

The second man, aged between 25 and 30, is in a serious condition in a west London hospital after miraculously surviving the ordeal. He was discovered alive by staff at Heathrow.

A Scotland Yard spokeswoman said, "We were called at 9.35 am on Thursday June 18 to Kew Road, Richmond, to reports of a body discovered. Officers and the London Ambulance Service attended and found the body of a dead man on the roof of a business premises. The death is currently being treated as unexplained."

" No arrests have been made in regards to the male who survived, police were alerted at 8.28 AM on June 18 to reports of a suspected stowaway on a flight from Johannesburg to Heathrow," she was quoted as saying by The Guardian.

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