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Daily Mail
24-04-2025
- Daily Mail
Stowaway found hiding in wheel well of aircraft in Italy
A stowaway was found hiding in the landing gear of a parked plane in Italy in shocking scenes captured on film. The unidentified man managed to clamber into the undercarriage of an aircraft stationed at Milan Bergama airport in the north of the country. Police officers are seen talking to the man, who is not believed to be Italian, after being alerted by a pilot who first spotted him. The man is then seen being escorted away by two officers to undergo security checks. Sacbo, the company that manages the airport, said in a statement: 'In the early hours of the morning of Monday 21 April, during ground handling operations for an aircraft parked on the apron of Milan Bergamo airport, the presence of an unauthorized person was reported. 'The subject, male, was taken into care by the Border Police for identification. 'Sacbo, as the person responsible for airport security, initiated immediate checks of the surveillance and alarm system that detects any intrusions along the perimeter of the airport grounds, confirming its correct functioning and alert capacity. 'The episode did not have any consequences for operational activities, nor did it create situations of danger to the safety of passengers and airport personnel.' If undiscovered, the man could easily have died had the aircraft taken off. The landing gear compartment is not pressurized or heated and the temperatures at altitude are well below zero. Earlier this year two teenagers were found in the undercarriage of a plane at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport. Jeik Aniluz Lusi, 18, and Elvis Borques Castillo, 16 were discovered inside a JetBlue aircraft on January 6 'during the routine post-flight maintenance inspection. ' Paramedics pronounced both teens dead at the scene when they were discovered, the sheriff's office said. The Broward County Medical Examiner's Office is to perform autopsies to determine the causes of their deaths. 'At this time ... the circumstances surrounding how they accessed the aircraft remain under investigation,' JetBlue said at the time. 'This is a heartbreaking situation, and we are committed to working closely with authorities to support their efforts to understand how this occurred,' the airline added. Last December a body was found in the landing gear compartment of a United Airlines plane after it landed in Hawaii. The Federal Aviation Administration has tracked 128 cases of people attempting to hide in plane wheel wells internationally from 1947 to 2020. Over 75 per cent of those attempts ended in death due to the extreme dangers of the wheel well, including hypothermia, oxygen deprivation and the risk of being crushed by landing gear mechanisms. As the flight reaches higher altitudes, conditions worsen. Oxygen levels drop significantly, making it difficult for stowaways to stay conscious. Outside temperatures can plummet to as low as 75 or 80F below zero, severely affecting blood circulation. The Milanese Police were contacted for comment.
Daily Mail
23-04-2025
- Daily Mail
Bizarre moment man is found hiding in jet's landing gear at international airport in Italy
This is the remarkable moment that a man was found in the landing gear compartment of a parked plane. The individual, who is not believed to be Italian, managed to enter the undercarriage of an aircraft stationed at Milan Bergamo airport. He was first spotted by a pilot, who was understood to have notified police about the strange situation. Two officers are then seen talking to the man, whose identity is still unknown, before he is being escorted away. Following the episode, the individual was subjected to thorough security checks. Sacbo, the company that manages the airport, said in an official statement: 'In the early hours of the morning of Monday 21 April, during ground handling operations for an aircraft parked on the apron of Milan Bergamo airport, the presence of an unauthorized person was reported. 'The subject, male, was taken into care by the Border Police for identification. 'Sacbo, as the person responsible for airport security, initiated immediate checks of the surveillance and alarm system that detects any intrusions along the perimeter of the airport grounds, confirming its correct functioning and alert capacity. 'The episode did not have any consequences for operational activities, nor did it create situations of danger to the safety of passengers and airport personnel.' He was first spotted by a pilot, who was understood to have notified police about the strange situation If undiscovered, the man could easily have died had the aircraft taken off. The landing gear compartment is not pressurised or heated and the temperatures at altitude are well below zero. Earlier this year two teenagers were found in the undercarriage of a plane at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport. Jeik Aniluz Lusi, 18, and Elvis Borques Castillo, 16 were discovered inside a JetBlue aircraft on January 6 'during the routine post-flight maintenance inspection'. Paramedics pronounced both teens dead at the scene when they were discovered, the sheriff's office said. The Broward County Medical Examiner's Office is set to perform autopsies to determine the causes of their deaths. 'At this time ... the circumstances surrounding how they accessed the aircraft remain under investigation,' JetBlue said at the time they were discovered. 'This is a heartbreaking situation, and we are committed to working closely with authorities to support their efforts to understand how this occurred,' the airline added. Last December a body was found in the landing gear compartment of a United Airlines plane after it landed in Hawaii. The Federal Aviation Administration has tracked 128 cases of people attempting to hide in plane wheel wells internationally from 1947 to 2020. Over 75 per cent of those attempts ended in death due to the extreme dangers of the wheel well, including hypothermia, oxygen deprivation and the risk of being crushed by landing gear mechanisms. As the flight reaches higher altitudes, conditions worsen. Oxygen levels drop significantly, making it difficult for stowaways to stay conscious. Outside temperatures can plummet to as low as 75 or 80 degrees Farenheit below zero, severely affecting blood circulation.
Yahoo
08-04-2025
- Yahoo
Teens found dead in plane's landing gear after flight from JFK identified
Two teen boys found dead in the landing gear of a JetBlue plane more than two months ago have been identified by authorities in Florida. The bodies of Jeik Aniluz Lusi, 18, and Elvis Borques Castillo, 16 were discovered late in the night on Jan. 6 by workers at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport who were carrying out a 'routine post-flight maintenance inspection' at the time, the airline said. According to flight data, the Airbus A320 had a busy schedule that day, initially traveling from Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic, to New York's JFK Airport. It then traveled between Jamaica, New York, and Salt Lake City, Utah, before landing for the night in South Florida at 11:10 p.m., WFOR-TV reported. The stowaways, both from the Dominican Republic, were pronounced dead by paramedics on the scene. The Broward County Sheriff's Office said investigators relied on the use of 'extensive DNA testing' to determine their identities. Their causes of death, meanwhile, remain undetermined, with both sets of remains still awaiting autopsies. While authorities have not said how the teens managed to sneak into the plane's wheel well, a preliminary investigation has suggested they did not gain access to the aircraft at JFK.
Yahoo
08-04-2025
- Yahoo
2 teens found dead in JetBlue landing gear ID'd months later with 'extensive DNA testing'
Florida investigators identified a pair of teenagers whose bodies were found in an airliner's landing gear after a New York City-to-Fort Lauderdale flight back in January, officials said on Tuesday. It took the use of "extensive DNA testing" for detectives to name Jeik Aniluz Lusi, 18, and Elvis Borques Castillo, 16, according to statement by the Broward County Sheriff's Office. Both teens were from the Dominican Republic, Sheriff's spokesperson Carey Codd added. Their bodies were found late at night on Jan. 6 after JetBlue Flight 1801 landed at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport. Flight 1801 took off from New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport that evening at 7:49 and landed in South Florida at 11:10 p.m. That particular craft had also made a stop on Jan. 5 in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic, NBC South Florida previously reported. The sheriff's statement did not reveal how the teens got into the leading gear or formally state their cause of death. This article was originally published on
Yahoo
08-04-2025
- Yahoo
Teens found dead in plane's landing gear after flight from JFK identified
Two teen boys found dead in the landing gear of a JetBlue plane more than two months ago have been identified by authorities in Florida. The bodies of Jeik Aniluz Lusi, 18, and Elvis Borques Castillo, 16 were discovered late in the night on Jan. 6 by workers at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport who were carrying out a 'routine post-flight maintenance inspection' at the time, the airline said. According to flight data, the Airbus A320 had a busy schedule that day, initially traveling from Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic, to New York's JFK Airport. It then traveled between Jamaica, New York, and Salt Lake City, Utah, before landing for the night in South Florida at 11:10 p.m., WFOR-TV reported. The stowaways, both from the Dominican Republic, were pronounced dead by paramedics on the scene. The Broward County Sheriff's Office said investigators relied on the use of 'extensive DNA testing' to determine their identities. Their causes of death, meanwhile, remain undetermined, with both sets of remains still awaiting autopsies. While authorities have not said how the teens managed to sneak into the plane's wheel well, a preliminary investigation has suggested they did not gain access to the aircraft at JFK.
