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Nov 16th, 2019 : Look Who Dropped In
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Clapham Common in London is a tranquil and comfortable-looking place. There are plenty of smart-looking Victorian terrace houses bordering sleepy, tree-lined streets. It was sunny and warm on 30 June as residents in south London finished their lunch and unwound on a leisurely Sunday afternoon. One tenant in Offerton Road was busy reading on a lounger in the garden when the ground shook with a terrifying thud. |
Paul Manyasi from Kenya had dropped in.
When the landing gear lowered...
But he was dead long before they got to England.
Why would he take such a foolhardy risk?
And an insecure cleaning job at the airport making £2.25 ($2.90) a day.
But the Brits had no way of knowing who he was, and it took Sky News a long time to find out.
Gravdigr Saturday Nov 16 10:51 AM
Well...
He made his mark.
Carruthers Saturday Nov 16 01:16 PM
Sadly, similar incidents have occurred a number of times in the last few years.
In 2015 a stowaway fell from a British Airways aircraft and landed on the roof of a building in Richmond, west London.
He was discovered a short while after another man was found alive, but in a critical condition, in the undercarriage bay of an aircraft at Heathrow.
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In September 2012 another poor soul fell in similar circumstances into a street in East Sheen a couple of miles from the Richmond incident.
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Undertoad Saturday Nov 16 02:27 PM
People are dying to get in to Britain!
Gravdigr Saturday Nov 16 02:57 PM
sexobon Saturday Nov 16 04:05 PM
10/10
He stuck the landing.
(at least no one said he bounced)
Gravdigr Sunday Nov 17 04:32 PM
He came to America to make something of himself.
Does a mess count?
sexobon Sunday Nov 17 04:41 PM
Gravdigr Sunday Nov 17 10:03 PM
If he fell from 3500 ft, he made a mess, of himself.
Maybe he landed neatly.
In England. Pardon, spoke outta my ass for moment.
glatt Monday Nov 18 09:30 AM
His body was probably frozen solid, or close to it. It's kind of morbid to think about, but I wonder how frozen flesh behaves in a high speed impact. The height probably doesn't matter one you get over a few hundred feet. A tumbling solid object will reach a terminal velocity of probably less than 200MPH. Did he splatter or mostly stay in one piece?
xoxoxoBruce Monday Nov 18 09:32 AM
They said he looked like he was frozen. I'd interpret that to non-splatter.
Luce Monday Nov 18 09:37 AM
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Originally Posted by glatt
His body was probably frozen solid, or close to it. It's kind of morbid to think about, but I wonder how frozen flesh behaves in a high speed impact. The height probably doesn't matter one you get over a few hundred feet. A tumbling solid object will reach a terminal velocity of probably less than 200MPH. Did he splatter or mostly stay in one piece?
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