Man survives 90-minute flight clinging to plane wheel

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somespareid

Veteran XV

• Jun 9, 2010

• #1

Cliffs:

• A 20-year-old Romanian wants to get out of Vienna to look for work.
• Runs to the nearest plane and hides in the landing gear.
• Survives the flight, and falls out of landing gear as plane lands.
• Luckily the plane was flying low due to bad weather, or he would have died.

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Yetskii

Contributor

Veteran XX

• Jun 9, 2010

• #2

Darwin Award failure

 

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MeSlayer

Veteran XV

• Jun 9, 2010

• #3

... why not just take a bus or a train

hes in europe for gods sake

 

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Dweasel

Banned

• Jun 9, 2010

• #4

Now that's what I call "low fare"!

 

lemon

8====D

Veteran XV

• Jun 9, 2010

• #5

Yetskii said:

Darwin Award failure

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YOU'RE DOING IT WRONG

 

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HaPpY

Veteran XX

• Jun 9, 2010

• #6

he may yet be the head of a major corporation

 

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Big Monkey

Veteran XV

• Jun 9, 2010

• #7

He will have trouble trying to redeem frequent flier miles

 

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NoGodForMe

Contributor

Veteran XX

• Jun 9, 2010

• #8

More things they need to teach kids in grade school, that wheel wells are -50 degrees, and the plane is up 30k+ feet, higher than Everest. He was lucky there was bad weather, the plane was probably at 26k feet, which is like being at one of the base camps.

 

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TheVoiceOfReason

Veteran X

• Jun 9, 2010

• #9

"Don't disturb my friend, he's dead tired. "

 

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[LAPD]Cheetah

Veteran X

• Jun 9, 2010

• #10

thread title misleading

 

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confidential

Veteran X

• Jun 9, 2010

• #11

I thought vienna was a nice city

 

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Shoddy

Veteran X

• Jun 9, 2010

• #12

somespareid said:

[*]A 20-year-old Romanian wants to get out of Vienna to look for work.

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He has excellent decision making skills. Clearly a candidate for senior management.

 

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liggyman

Schwag Master4

Veteran X

• Jun 9, 2010

• #13

I'm surprise you guys aren't commenting about the security implications of this having taken place.

 

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Shoddy

Veteran X

• Jun 9, 2010

• #14

liggyman said:

I'm surprise you guys aren't commenting about the security implications of this having taken place.

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This was in Europe. We are nothing if not provincial.

 

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boom

• Jun 9, 2010

• #15

Dweasel said:

Now that's what I call "low fare"!

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I lol'ed.

 

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Animo

Veteran XX

• Jun 9, 2010

• #16

Vienna is a great city, often referred to as one of the best cities to live in

 

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Ciceron

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Veteran XX

• Jun 9, 2010

• #17

Animo said:

Vienna is a great city, often referred to as one of the best cities to live in

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But not work in it seems.

 

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PaYbAcK

Veteran XX

• Jun 9, 2010

• #18

Now there will have to be oxygen masks and heated leather recliners in all airplane wheel wells.