Man falls to death from plane in London

Mangalore Today Network-1

London: June 20, 2015: 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 13,000km journey.

 

 

The two men are believed to have clung on to the BA 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 9.35am on Thursday to Richmond to reports of a body discovered.