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[dooBdoo]

On 4/22/2014 MrsSweetieBear said:

Yes, it's true, sigh. I know people who work at the airport and were there. There are even pictures of his shoe prints inside the greasy wheel well.

Mahalo, MrsSweetieBear! I wasn't sure what I thought until I read your posts. Thanks for the local insight. This is so terribly worrisome.

[soxfan]

On 4/22/2014 brii said:

The title of this thread reminds me of "Balloon Boy"

I didn't believe that story from the get go - LOL

I immediately thought of Balloon Boy, too Brii!

I'm finding this hard to believe...

[soxfan]

On 4/22/2014 gardenman said:

Does anyone else suspect he might have been in the cargo hold instead of the wheel well and the baggage handlers where he landed are protecting those who sealed him in? Baggage holds are generally somewhat more survivable than wheel wells and reasonably accessible from outside. I would expect him to have pretty severe frostbite if he was in the wheel well that long.

Oh, that's a good point Gardenman! One would expect severe frost bite after being exposed to 80 below weather..

[NoelSeven]

On 4/22/2014 terrier3 said:

On 4/22/2014 NoelSeven said:

On 4/22/2014 cody said:

On 4/22/2014 NoelSeven said:

We should consider hiring a security team of women and men who planned and created security for the planes and airports in Israel. I am totally serious.

That is EXACTLY what I told my husband a few weeks ago as we watched the news. And I was serious too.

GMTA!

Israel has the best plane/airport security on this planet. We need to aim for that standard and get someone who can do the job for us since we've had 13 years and have obviously fumbled the ball.

It's impossible to keep all threats from happening.

Israel has a lot of bombings and other terror events. They just clean up and get on with their lives.

Threats, yes, it's the attacks I worry about. Israel can't protect their entire country but their airports and planes are known for their high standards of security. Why wouldn't we want that?

[MrsSweetieBear]

Mahalo back to you dBd. Nice to be seen.

I guess everyone else must have me on Ignore.

[soxfan]

On 4/22/2014 NoelSeven said:

We should consider hiring a security team of women and men who planned and created security for the planes and airports in Israel. I am totally serious.

An excellent idea. We certainly are lagging behind in this area.

[Chalcedony]

I don't deny that he was on the plane but believe that he made most of the trip in the pressurized cargo area vs. the wheel well. While he may have been able to withstand the temperatures, I don't know how he could survive the lack of oxygen for that long of a flight.

[dooBdoo]

On 4/22/2014 MrsSweetieBear said:

Mahalo back to you dBd. Nice to be seen.

I guess everyone else must have me on Ignore.

I was kind of wondering about that myself!

I appreciate the local ""inside info"" you provided.

[NoelSeven]

On 4/22/2014 MrsSweetieBear said:

Mahalo back to you dBd. Nice to be seen.

I guess everyone else must have me on Ignore.

Not me, I just got back on. You know I always enjoy your posts, Mrs. SB

Hope all is well with you, I haven't seen you around much lately.

[dooBdoo]

On 4/22/2014 Chalcedony said: I don't deny that he was on the plane but believe that he made most of the trip in the pressurized cargo area vs. the wheel well. While he may have been able to withstand the temperatures, I don't know how he could survive the lack of oxygen for that long of a flight.

According to Post #47 he was definitely in the wheel well. And based on the reports I've seen, there's no way to move from the wheel well into the cargo area (mind you, I'm no aviation expert). Once you're there, you're there for the entire flight. As reported in other posts on this thread (and in the news) there have been cases in which people did survive in the wheel well.