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Cuban Stowaway Found Dead In Iberia Plane Landing Gear

Cuban Stowaway

First Posted: 07/14/11 09:28 AM ET Updated: 09/13/11 06:12 AM ET

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The body of a dead Cuban man was found in the landing gear of a jet at the Madrid airport, reports the Associated Press.

The man, 23, was discovered on an Iberia plane after a Wednesday flight from Havana to the Spanish capit

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The body of a dead Cuban man was found in the landing gear of a jet at the Madrid airport, reports the Associated Press. The man, 23, was discovered on an Iberia plane after a Wednesday flight from...
The body of a dead Cuban man was found in the landing gear of a jet at the Madrid airport, reports the Associated Press. The man, 23, was discovered on an Iberia plane after a Wednesday flight from...
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09:24 AM on 07/15/2011
Great! Love it!..that's the way all illegals should come HERE. It would weed out the herd!..Best news I heard all week!
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dayzee10
Get busy living or get busy dying! Damn right
07:32 AM on 07/16/2011
You sound like a christianist
09:22 AM on 07/15/2011
GREAT! That's the way all illegals should travel..it would really weed the herd!..Best news I hear all week!...
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10:52 AM on 07/14/2011
Every few months we hear about someone who tired that trick.
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tholin
04:02 PM on 07/14/2011
Pun intended (tired) ?

Anyway, a team of two stowed away on a DC-8 flying that same route in 1969; one survived, the other fell to his death when the gear was lowered on approach to MAD.


http://www.faa.gov/library/reports/medical/oamtechreports/1990s/media/AM96-25.pdf

Odds are slim, but yes , that tricks been done.