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Plane Stowaway's Body Found On Roof Of London Shop After Death Plunge
Another man is in a serious condition in hospital after surviving the fall from a BA plane
A suspected stowaway has died after falling from a Heathrow-bound plane and landing on a high street building.
Another man is in a serious condition in hospital after surviving the fall.
The two men are believed to have clung on to a BA plane for the 8,000-mile journey from Johannesburg in South Africa to Heathrow.
The victim fell on to a shop in Richmond, south west London, which is below the flight path, shortly before 8.30am yesterday.
Stowaways hide themselves in the landing gear where they are exposed to the elements and have to endure plummeting temperatures.
There is a chance the man may have been dead before he fell as the cold – as low as minus 60C - and lack of oxygen at high altitudes kill many of those attempting the move, making it more remarkable that one man survived.
The building in Richmond where a stowaway fell to his death after 8000 miles clinging to a plane @BBCLondon949 pic.twitter.com/Dt7HOc01VB
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A Scotland Yard spokesman said: 'The death is currently being treated as unexplained. A post- mortem examination will be held in due course and inquiries are ongoing to establish the male's identity. No arrests have been made.
'In regards to the male who survived, police were alerted at 8.28am on 18 June to reports of a suspected stowaway on a flight from Johannesburg to Heathrow.
'The man, aged believed to be between 25 to 30, has been taken to a west London hospital and currently remains in a serious condition. Inquiries are ongoing to establish the man's identity.'
A British Airways spokesman said: "We are working with the Metropolitan Police and the authorities in Johannesburg to establish the facts surrounding this very rare case."
It is not the first time a Heathrow-bound stowaway has plunged to his death in West London.
In September 2012, Jose Matada, 26, died after falling from the undercarriage of a flight from Angola on to a street in Mortlake.
An inquest into his death heard that the man, who was from Mozambique, is believed to have survived freezing temperatures for most of the 12-hour flight, but was 'dead or nearly dead' when he by the time he hit the ground.
