WTH! UK police unable to identify man who fell from sky

[ILP]

How in the world is this even possible

LONDON (AP) — Police believe he was from Africa, probably fromAngola, but they don't know his identity.The mystery began in September when residents of a suburban street in the Mortlake neighborhood of West London woke up on a quiet Sunday morning to find the crumpled body of a black man on the sidewalk of Portman Avenue, near a convenience store, an upscale lingerie shop and a storefront offering Chinese medical cures.
Detectives believed at first the man was a murder victim and cordoned off the area. Within a day, however, police concluded the man — probably already dead — had fallen to the ground when a jet passing overhead lowered its landing gear as it neared the runway at nearby Heathrow Airport.
The apparent stowaway had no identification papers — just some currency from Angola, leading police to surmise that he was from that African nation, especially as inquiries showed that a plane from Angola was beginning its descent into Heathrow at about that time.

http://news.yahoo.com/uk-police-unable-identify-man-fell-sky-075423972.html

[Gen]

they believe he fell from a plane. him face mussie mash up cause the picture look like composite or whatever. and authorities in Angola are no help.

[Peasie]

what a sad story

[SandiF]

My thought was most likely a stow-away... Perhaps he was already dead from hypothermia if he was in the plane's landing gear. Sad indeed.

[ILP]

My thought was most likely a stow-away... Perhaps he was already dead from hypothermia if he was in the plane's landing gear. Sad indeed.

I didnt even consider hypothermia. i was thinking lack of oxygen, especially at the ft that planes fly.

[Blackstar*]

My thought was most likely a stow-away... Perhaps he was already dead from hypothermia if he was in the plane's landing gear. Sad indeed.

Yes, some stowaways kotch up in the landing gear. Here's a similar story from S. Africa: link.

Very sad the ends people feel obliged to go to seeking a better life.

[j-kid]

Wi discussed ah similar story here ah few years back, but dat victim neva drop out, an actually survived after bein frozen in-flight while hiding in the plane's landing gear wheel-well.

[RichD]

there was a case a few years back were a Trini froze in the landing gear of a plane on route to toronto.

plenty ppl dont realize sey the exterior temp at that altitude is like -50F. and the wheel well is not heated