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Dead man in wheel well discovered after 7 flights

By Kristen Butler, UPI.com
Undercarriage and landing gear of an airbus A330. (CC/Arpingstone)
Undercarriage and landing gear of an airbus A330. (CC/Arpingstone)

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Airport maintenance workers in Moscow noticed blood stains on the main landing gear of an iFly Airbus A330-300 that had just flown in from Italy, and found a dead man with a Georgia passport inside the wheel well.

The plane had made seven flights before the remains were discovered.

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Autopsy results revealed the man had frozen to death, and an investigation is still underway to discover how the man ended up in the wheel well.

"According to a preliminary conclusion, the Afro-American man died from freezing. The man was apparently flying without a ticket," the Investigative Committee said on its website.

Many are wondering how airport workers could have missed such a thing for seven flights. Some have speculated that landing gear doors are typically closed while on the ground. Others said daily inspections should include opening up the landing gear doors.

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