Friday, October 12, 2007

How to get a free airplane ride

Dude shows us how to get a free airplane ride. Caution: May cause dizziness or even death. From Straits Times:
He stunned ground crew who were waiting to serve the twin-engine Boeing 777-200 after he fell out, apparently dizzy from a lack of oxygen, from the area where the front landing gear is stowed. The height from the wheel well, where the landing gear strut and two nose wheels are stowed during flight, to the ground is about 2.4 metres...

The SQ airliner had just taxiied to Gate F33 at Changi Airport's Terminal Two after a 55-minute flight from Kuala Lumpur International Airport.

Aviation industry sources said they were surprised the man survived his ordeal.

They said the flight's short duration could have saved him as the airliner does not have to ascend to the same height as passenger planes on long haul journeys. Furthermore, as the wheel well is not pressurised, the lower flight altitude could have helped the stoway to breathe easier, as compared to an airliner flying in the thin air of around 35,000 to 40,000 feet -- the cruising altitude for most passenger jets.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

At least he saved a couple of hundred dollars on a flight from KL to Sg.

:oP

Anonymous said...

Power lah he!

Anonymous said...

Msia airport security must be that bad.

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