ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 147890
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| Date: | Thursday 23 August 2012 |
| Time: | 06:25 |
| Type: |  Boeing 747-436 |
| Owner/operator: | British Airways |
| Registration: | G-BNLU |
| MSN: | 25406/895 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1992 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | London Heathrow Airport (LHR/EGLL) -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Cape Town, South Africa (CPT/FACT) |
| London Heathrow Airport (LHR/EGLL) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
A body was discovered in the wheel bay of Boeing 747-436 G-BNLU this morning when it arrived into London Heathrow as Flight BA58 from Cape Town. It is understood that a man was spotted scaling the perimeter fence at Cape Town and approaching the aircraft as it prepared for departure. A search was made of the airfield but not of the aircraft. G-BNLU was released to traffic later and operated BA285 London Heathrow – San Francisco.
The airline said the unidentified man's body was found in the landing gear bay of a Boeing 747. The hiding place would have exposed the man to temperatures as low as 60C below freezing and oxygen deprivation during the 11-and-a-half-hour flight from Cape Town.
South Africa's airport operator ACSA reported that security personnel had discovered a young male within the perimeter of Cape Town's airport in the evening of Aug 22nd 2012 around the time the plane was departing, a chase started during which the person managed to escape and disappear.
Sources:
1. https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2012/aug/23/stowaway-british-airways-jumbo-heathrow-dead
2. http://thebasource.com/body-found-in-wheel-bay-of-inbound-ba58/
3. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-19359935
4. http://www.itv.com/news/story/2012-08-23/body-found-in-ba-aircraft/
5. http://avherald.com/h?article=454bcaae
6. CAA: https://siteapps.caa.co.uk/g-info/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 23-Aug-2012 23:22 | gerard57 | Added |
| 24-Aug-2012 00:44 | gerard57 | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Narrative] |
| 08-Sep-2012 14:09 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Embed code] |
| 08-Jan-2017 15:08 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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