Dead Body

[Corpsmaide]

http://abcnews.go.com/US/t/story/body-found-airplane-wheel-vas-dulles-22535370?from=related

 

[Jim Logajan]

Probable stowaway. Others have tried hitching a ride in the same way with similar results.

 

[Jim Logajan]

It depends on the plane and where the person stowed themselves. Some wheel wells have plenty of space for a person to fit. IIRC there was once a survivor on a flight from Port au Prince to Miami.

Looks like Wikipedia got some info from the BBC which got it from the FAA:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stowaway

"From 1947 until September 2012, there were 96 known stowaway attempts worldwide in wheel wells of 85 separate flights, which resulted in 73 deaths with only 23 survivors.[2]"

[2] http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-19562101

 

[Jim Logajan]

Panama City is the one I was thinking of.

I presume number two in table 1 of this FAA document:
"Survival at High Altitudes: Wheel-Well Passengers"
http://www.faa.gov/data_research/research/med_humanfacs/oamtechreports/1990s/media/AM96-25.pdf