Boy stows away on plane from Cali to Hawaii!

[JedisonsDad]

Seems like he made up the story, but who knows? A guy survived over a year in a boat, so five hours at 35,000' could be possible, I guess....

I'm calling BS on him being in the wheel well. I fly for a living in unpressurized aircraft. Crossing the Hindu Kush mountain range at 17,500 feet, even in the Afghan summer, I have had water bottles freeze solid in my helmet bag next to me.

I've also had to go through altitude training, and just from personal experience with "seasoned lungs", after about five minutes off oxygen at 18,000 feet you are short of breath. At 30 minutes, if you aren't passed out from hypoxia, you are gasping for air like you've just run a marathon.

At 35,000 feet, these symptoms would be ten fold. Decompression sickness, or the bends, would be almost a guarantee. Hell, last week I got it at 12,000 feet cause I flew with a cold and weakened my body.


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[krichardson]

I'm calling BS on him being in the wheel well....

Hiding in the planes landing gear compartment does sound a little Hollywoodish...so,would the conditions you've mentioned be present in the cargo/luggage area as well?

 

[FMA4ME]

I wonder... In the footage they did show, he had on shorts and a tee shirt! Id think he'd lose a toe or finger to frostbite. While his foot was wrapped up, there was no mention of frostbite and the way they pom pommed his story I know they would've mentioned it.

 

[ballinouttacntrol]

The kid also claims not to remember anything. Supposebly passed out and doesnt remember anything


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[ElectricBlueSeanBurch]

How can anyone call BS when there are multiple reports of this happening. There are enough occurrences that they have statistics for it. There is a 24% survival rate for similar circumstances. It has been done before. Most of the time they find a partially frozen dead convict, but it is possible to survive. Any pilot should know that...just saying.

 

[Warborg]

How can anyone call BS when there are multiple reports of this happening. There are enough occurrences that they have statistics for it. There is a 24% survival rate for similar circumstances. It has been done before. Most of the time they find a partially frozen dead convict, but it is possible to survive. Any pilot should know that...just saying.

So, you are calling BS on his BS?

Anyone for BS on the BS on the BS? This could get ugly on writing all the BS.

 

[chefwill]

Perfect opportunity for this one

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[krichardson]

LOL!

 

[JedisonsDad]

Hiding in the planes landing gear compartment does sound a little Hollywoodish...so,would the conditions you've mentioned be present in the cargo/luggage area as well?

It all depends on if the aircraft has a pressurized hold or not. Some do, some don't. There was a story similar to this years ago, where a guy boxed himself in a crate and sent himself home air freight for Christmas. He lucked out and they had a pressurized hold.

How can anyone call BS when there are multiple reports of this happening. There are enough occurrences that they have statistics for it. There is a 24% survival rate for similar circumstances. It has been done before. Most of the time they find a partially frozen dead convict, but it is possible to survive. Any pilot should know that...just saying.

I never claimed to be a pilot. I said that I fly on unpressurized planes for a living (AC-130H gunship). There is a huge difference between a few hour flight on a puddle jumper with stops all across the US pulling this off, and a long leg to Hawaii. I still call BS on him being in the wheel well the entire time. He had to have been somewhere pressurized, possibly still cold, but pressurized. Or it's a false story.



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[krichardson]

I vaguely remember that story about the guy shipping himself in a crate.