Man plunges to his death after hiding in plane wheel from South Africa to UK


A stowaway was found dead on an office block roof after plunging from a British Airways jet as it approached Heathrow Airport.


The man's body was discovered on top of the offices of a retail company,in Richmond,South West London.

According to the Sun,his companion survived the 8,000 mile flight from South Africa by holding on to the undercarriage of a British Airways Boeing 747 before being taken to hospital where he is said to be in a stable condition.He is believed to have either grabbed hold of a wheel before the aircraft took off on its 11-hour flight or clambered in to a luggage store.

Officers descended on the building and are believed to have found a body lying on an electrical box

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