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2010-12-12 Home Front: WoT

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Posted by Procopius2k 2010-12-12 09:30|| || Front Page|| [11124 views ] Top

#1 TSA merely saw a possible Somali male walking on the runway and were too busy with granny in the wheelchair.

Posted by Jack Salami 2010-12-12 10:23|| 2010-12-12 10:23|| Front Page Top

#2 I'll bet that was a horrible way to die for the poor kid. My prayers for the family and my gratitude that some of the foolish decisions I made as a teen didn't go as terribly wrong as this.

Posted by ryuge 2010-12-12 10:25|| 2010-12-12 10:25|| Front Page Top

#3 Well I guess he showed them, huh?
That pattern into Logan goes right over my house. Glad I didn't find him on my lawn.

Posted by tu3031 2010-12-12 11:31|| 2010-12-12 11:31|| Front Page Top

#4 Ditto here, my house is also in the path of the runway into Logan. The planes fly so close on final approach or after takeoff, some days you can see the dirt marks on the undercarriage. I won't look at them the same way again.

What a horrible way to die. My prayers go out to the family.

Posted by Butch Croluns3519 2010-12-12 13:29|| 2010-12-12 13:29|| Front Page Top

#5 The kid undoubtedly froze to death enroute....temps at the flight levels are well into the minus category.....

Posted by Uncle Phester 2010-12-12 14:09|| 2010-12-12 14:09|| Front Page Top

#6 I doubt he froze before oxygen deprivation got him.

These wheel well suicides happen way too often. You would think that the airlines would come up with a cheap fix to prevent that. If for no other reason than to protect their landing gear.

Posted by Anonymoose 2010-12-12 15:41|| 2010-12-12 15:41|| Front Page Top

#7 "You would think that the airlines would come up with a cheap fix"

Yeah, like a member of the ground crew actually taking a look in the wheel well after pushback.

Posted by crosspatch 2010-12-12 17:16|| 2010-12-12 17:16|| Front Page Top

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