Pieces of a man's body fell from the
wheel well of a South African Airways passenger plane bound for
John F. Kennedy International Airport Tuesday and landed in the
yard of a suburban home, police said.
A U.S. customs inspector discovered the rest of the man's
body at 7:30 a.m. (1130 GMT) after Flight 203 landed in New
York from Johannesburg, South Africa, said a spokesman for the
Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which oversees area
airports.
A South African Airways spokeswoman said it appeared to
have been someone that illegally sneaked in . She said the plane had stopped in
Dakar, Senegal, on its way to New York.
The pilot reported feeling vibrations at takeoff but
conducted a check and found nothing amiss, said Nassau County,
New York, police detective Kevin Smith.
During the flight, Smith said the pilot felt more
"vibrating sensations and heard pounding, but nothing appeared
wrong with the plane."
The body parts, which included the right leg, part of the
spine and a hip, struck a garage roof of the home in South
Floral Park, New York, before landing in the backyard, police
said.



Reply With Quote

Bookmarks