The Dangers of Hiding on a Plane | Last Moments

What dangers does the plane stowaway face? More than you may think.
"Wheel-well stowaways are people who attempt to travel in the landing gear compartment, also known as the wheel bay or undercarriage of an aircraft. Between 1947 and June 2015, a U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) researcher had documented 113 such attempts on 101 flights. These 113 people were all male and predominantly under age 30. There were 86 deaths, a 76 percent fatality rate, with many unidentified decedents. There may be additional undocumented cases of wheel-well stowaways. A further 19 incidents, identified since 2015, are listed here.
Wheel-well stowaways face considerable risk of death during all phases of flight. Some have been unable to remain in the well during takeoff and landing and have fallen to their death. Immediately after takeoff, the landing gear retracts into the wheel wells, with the potential to crush the stowaway. If the stowaway is able to avoid physical injury, they still face hypothermia and hypoxia risks at the extremely low temperatures and low atmospheric pressure at high altitude, as well as hearing damage from prolonged exposure to the dangerously high noise levels outside the cabin."
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[@ytcensorhack1876]

Plot twist, they booked wt ryanair but didnt pay 4 priority boarding

[@Roddy556]

@Qxir What about a video about that captive killer whale that kept killing people?

[@mathewbriggs6667]

God i love your videos wish you could do them daily

[@TheEDFLegacy]

I'm surprised you didn't cover the evacuation of Kabul in Afghanistan. That was by far the most terrifying example of this.

[@jonslg240]

I don't get why you didn't mention all the Afghani people trying this very recently.. It literally accounts for more than half of the stowaway deaths in just a 1mo period

[@rilmar2137]

A few years ago a ground worker fell asleep in the cargo hold of an aircraaft and woke up after the plane landed elsehere. The involuntary stowaway was in perfectly good health and quite surprised

[@MTGeomancer]

That's because, despite popular belief, the cargo hold is indeed pressurized. Even heated, though not as much as the cabin.

[@limyarplane1991]

yea they pressurize the cargo hold so its only a little chilly vs deathly cold and there is actually air in there to breath so its alot less dangerous to be in there still not particularly safe if there is turbulence ect. but not suicidle

[@HackedUpForBarbeque]

Woke up AFTER landing? Yeah right.

[@TheLadderman]

​@@HackedUpForBarbeque It's entirely possible, especially if it was clear weather and/or a short flight.

[@builderboy5502]

​@HackedUpForBarbeque they could of slept through the noise of the plane and such and have been woken up by the unloading crew after opening the hold and finding them

[@vustvaleo8068]

there's also the one stowaway crushed to death by the mechanisms inside the wheel well and his severed leg ended up falling from the plane/sky and fell onto someone's home backyard, I mean imagine the horror of the home owner finding the severed leg.

[@doubledrats235]

Was that the one who landed in somebody’s backyard in Franklin Square (Long Island) NY on approach to JFK? I think he died soon after takeoff overseas and the body fell out when they lowered the landing gear. I had some relatives who lived in Fr. Sq. who got freaked out by that.

[@KanyeKetchup]

That'be dope bruh

[@theheadlessstickman]

​@@KanyeKetchupbruh

[@cr10001]

Probably not as bad as finding the rest of him.

[@slyseal2091]

finally, some good fucking food

[@dustynknitz9281]

Airline mechanic here, my old boss was a JFK 747 mechanic and talked about finding a body frozen solid, nearly cut in half by steel control cables. Really changed my perspective.

[@paulorocky]

Wow, back in the pre-fly-by-wire days

[@collisw8302]

Man I bet being an airline mechanic is an awesome job. Maybe in another life lol.

[@baconsnake6463]

@@collisw8302it’s interesting for sure, I’m currently working on gulfstreams and there are some areas where I swear the engineers think I have another joint on my forearms

[@dustynknitz9281]

@@collisw8302 The US FAA requires the Airframe and Powerplant certificates which takes about 2 years of schooling on general private use type aircraft. Airlines will train you on the specific aircraft they maintain. It is a very interesting and fulfilling career field. There is a major shortage of mechanics going on right now, wages are averaging $60-$70/hr after 5-8 years of service.

[@jonkaminsky8382]

In my 14 years working in the airline industry I found that it takes a rare breed to become an airline mechanic. Highly intelligent people with professional candor- Nothing but good things to say about you guys!

[@everythingslego3552]

The scary part is that the landing gear is pulled up shortly after takeoff, but deployed a while before landing. Imagine the number of people who made it through the flight only to be dropped on the final stretch

[@balazs7235]

That’s common sense. Although, in cases like these, you can hardly say the “adventurer” had any.

[@exerminator2000]

And never found... If the approach was over the water the body could be washed out to sea....

[@mr.vargas5648]

If you don't realise how dangerous this is well congrats to your Darwin award.

[@timothyhilditch]

There's a neighbourhood in London where's it not uncommon that bodies fall from the skies. As aircraft come into land.

[@Fireglo]

The chances of still being alive at that point are very very slim so it wouldn't be a large number.

[@TeslaPixel]

Don't forget the case in London in 2019 when a stowaway landed as a frozen corpse in a garden near Heathrow, nearly killing someone. The dangers are more than just to the stowaway!

[@ExperimentIV]

there were two i believe, and one of them also fell out but didn’t die

[@werroloco3112]

Dude if you get hit by a frozen body falling from the sky it was just your time to go.

[@polocatfan]

​@@werroloco3112yeah that would likely be counted as an "act of God" legally

[@Maesterful]

Killed by dead body... What a way to go!

[@Conor-B]

​@@Maesterfulkilled by death.

[@Otreas]

To bring: -Noise canceling headphones -A warm blanket -An oxygen tank

[@HubertofLiege]

Ticket*

[@frigidchick5682]

Yep, you're still gonna die and inspire new TikTok death memes.

[@zimboy9921]

And a harness for the landing

[@alexturnbackthearmy1907]

Also some way of storing it whole time in tiny technical area of landing gear.

[@eamonlyons8318]

If you bring the right equipment you may aswell buy a ticket

[@Truckngirl]

The California teenager who defied laws and nature by surviving a plane ride to Hawaii as a stowaway on April 20, 2014, in the wheel well says he remembers seeing the ocean from 38,000 feet above Earth. “It was above the clouds, I could see through the little holes,” Yahya Abdi, 15, of Santa Clara. Remarkably, his injuries were minor, and he was unceremoniously shipped back to California after he recovered.

[@empresscarrie6230]

if anyone could survive being partially frozen and being deprived of oxygen, id put a teenager high on that list. the will teenagers have is unnatural

[@antonbellis2397]

I read this story back then as a kid and always thought I was crazy when I couldnt find it again and nobody believing me as I was insane

[@MAGGOT_VOMIT]

Was the landing-gear ok?? 🥺

[@generalmarkmilleyisbenedic8895]

Doesnt check out. Was the part he was in pressurized? He wouldnt have oxygen at the very least.

[@spiritmatter1553]

@@generalmarkmilleyisbenedic8895Depends on the altitude.

[@starkillerdude1914]

Imagine having no photo of what you looked like alive, and the only image of you is the photo where you die. That's both horrifying and sad, Rip Keith

[@farhanatashiga3721]

The family most probably have pictures of him but didn't release it to the media for obvious reasons

[@liukang3545]

haha retardwarning

[@starkillerdude1914]

@farhanatashiga3721 I've read another report he was adopted by the family, and even so, it's possible the parents passed long ago. If that's the case chances of having many photos are limited

[@liukang3545]

@@starkillerdude1914 looooooooool

[@evantambolang3052]

@@liukang3545 What the hell is wrong with you?

[@thedemogamer6595]

I can never tell whether this series makes me uncomfortable or intrigued, and I'm not sure I like being both at the same time...

[@ArDeeMee]

Being both is just the normal human condition. That’s how we FAFO. ;)

[@NateSmith87]

You like both. A fucked up relationship, lmao.

[@chickennugget481]

It's called morbid curiosity. Many (if not all) people have it. It's nothing to feel bad about.

[@crakkbone]

Ditto

[@uglyweirdo1389]

Incomfortable

[@415volts]

Good vid as always Qxir - nice one There was also the poor sod in 2019 who fell out of a Kenyan airways flight inbound over London when the wheels opened up.. "A next-door neighbour, who asked not to be named, told the Press Association that the man fell just a metre from a resident who was sunbathing in his garden. “I heard a ‘whomp’. I went upstairs to look out of a window,” he said. “At first I though it was a [homeless person] asleep in the garden. “He had all his clothes on and everything. I had a closer look and saw there was blood all over the walls of the garden … I realised immediately that he had fallen. “So I went outside and it was just then the neighbour came out and he was very shaken. He had been sunbathing and he had landed one metre away from him.” "Describing the victim, he said: “One of the reasons his body was so intact was because his body was an ice block.”

[@jammin2575]

I believe that he was one of two people that stowed away on that flight, the other guy survived! There is a video on KZbin that has an interview with him about his ordeal, I don’t know where it is, as I watched it years ago. It’s interesting and sad that they were that desperate to do such a dangerous thing to escape from Kenya.

[@LickMyMusketBallsYankee]

​@@jammin2575sucks they won't do equally daring and brave feats to actually fix their own country instead of dragging its problems elsewhere

[@n1ppe]

Holy fuck

[@doubledee8677]

The guy was lucky as fuck that he hadn't been hit by the body, that would have been a real fucking miserable way to go.

[@mork6668]

If the guy was an ice block,where did all the blood came from then?

[@nickakers7985]

There was a stowaway incident a while, back on a US airways (now American) flight from Charlotte to Philadelphia. The flight is a relatively short one, but it was enough to knock the stowaway unconscious, and he fell out of the wheel well, and to the ground landing on the street. The homicide investigators in Philadelphia could not figure out what happened, they said his injuries were consistent with a fall not a murder. Then they realized there were planes flying over and luckily they had enough imagination to figure out what might’ve happened.

[@A-WallfromAL]

Somewhere, there’s a Law & Order episode being written…

[@fart63]

There was also a case of a 16 year old boy stowing away on a flight to Hawaii from California. But he survived. Miraculous

[@yass5889]

When us troops were leaving Afghanistan, many tried to get on the planes unpermitted. This resulted in the world record for the most people on a single plane, but also in many people trying to hold on to the landing gear while the plane took off. Theres videos of people falling from hundreds of feet in the air.

[@ralle3447]

It's raining men

[@drivethruabortion280]

@@ralle3447 hallelujah!

[@Mad_Possum]

Stowaway in an RPG: interesting plot point for your dashing adventurer Stowaway IRL: fucking die

[@Eye_Of_Odin978]

Well, to be fair, stowaways on ships are actually a lot less likely to perish these days since there's a lot more places to hide on a ship.

[@pajamapantsjack5874]

I remember watching the scene in Sisu and just clenching in utter dread at every close call. Movies always are different from reality but there’s always still that tension of “what if I was in this situation”

[@thenergster]

Jack, you gotta stop watching the same videos as me man, you're like Justin Y. at this point

[@old-worldghost3451]

Hey, fancy seeing you here, Jack.

[@oberonpanopticon]

Hmm, I don’t think I’ve seen this guy before but these replies make me think I should start paying more attention to the comment sections on the next couple of videos I watch

[@Acheron666]

That scene from that movie is pure fantasy 🤣😂 See when he loses his grip and uses that axe thing to stop him falling off the plane….In real life you wouldn’t be able to grip onto the axe handle and would fall to your death….And if by some miracle you did manage to keep hold of the axe handle, the forces exerted when that axe digs into the plane is going straight into your shoulder joint…..It would ether dislocate your shoulder, causing you to fall to your death, or even more likely, you’d be falling to your death with a missing arm.

[@veterankamikaze3591]

@@Acheron666 Don't forget the Soviet T-55/54 masquerading as some sort of German tank.. the MG atop the tank was even original looking (as in soviet). I stopped watching at that point and deleted.

[@thefiestaguy8831]

I'm a serving police officer in the UK. About 2 years ago, in the summer of 2021, there was a crime scene in place for a body that was found in a field, the field was some distance from a road and even that road had no pavement on either side and cars often sped down it a lot, it was a narrowish two way road. A dog walker one morning found a body in the field and called it in, the first unit arriving on scene literally had to drive their vehicle through the gate, into the first field, through the whole field and across into the next field. It had been raining heavily overnight and the field was extremely muddy and slippery, as a result the car nearly got stuck numerous times. Eventually the officers located the body with assistance from the dog walker who had to wait for them at the gate by the road, a crime scene was put in place and the body was collected a few hours later by undertakers, at the time they were unable to verify the identity of the deceased due to the state of the body. The location of said field played a key part, it's right under the approach path to Gatwick airport, and also directly underneath one of the holding patterns used by Heathrow Airport, planes will literally complete a loop and fly over this field in a holding pattern for Heathrow, or often pass straight over on approach and sometimes on exit from Gatwick airport. It was believed that the body had fallen from a plane, but it was unknown when, the fields were all privately owned by a farmer so most people don't walk through it, the odd dog walker passes through every now and then but it was suspected the body had been there for at least several days, possibly up to 1 week before being discovered. The death was deemed "suspicious" due to the injuries present on the body and as such the crime scene was in place for several weeks. I don't work in our CID unit but I don't believe they ever got to the bottom of how the death occurred or the identity of the deceased, other than it was a male.

[@hunterthefirstslayerv.2769]

​@@Lee-vt1kf"I hate police even if they just share a story. Reeeeeeeeeee I hate all police reeeeee. I Hate them while incorrectly using grammar reeeeeee!"

[@RedLaundryBasket]

@@Lee-vt1kf🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️

[@thefiestaguy8831]

@@Lee-vt1kf Three words for you. I don't care.

[@thefiestaguy8831]

@@Lee-vt1kf We have something called "Annual leave".... How's the wages? Pretty decent at my level actually. Between 50 and 60k a year... considering I'm not even 30 yet I'd say that's pretty good. Most people I know my age are earning half of that or just slightly over half.

[@lofkii]

​@@Lee-vt1kf are the police in the UK worse than here in the US?

[@avxbynl6882]

Airplane mechanic here. If you wish to stowaway an airplane I recommend the avionics compartment. Its pressurised and quite warm from the computers. Just bring some ear protection because the ventilation system is a bit loud. The only issue is that on most aircraft it has to be locked from the outside by the ground crew and then when you arrive someone has to open you the hatch. Good luck!

[@renakunisaki]

I think you'd be even better off in the cabin!

[@themudpit621]

the more you know....

[@purple3018]

@Barbermeisterif they’re gonna break the law, might as well help them to not die while they do it lmao

[@purple3018]

@Barbermeister ouch imagine being such a bummer you tell someone they can’t joke

[@dysfawria]

@Barbermeisterprogile picture checks out

[@hanrockabrand95]

"I'll just hold onto the landing gear. What's the worst that can happen?"

[@D0NU75]

for 11 hours no less

[@mondoseguendo6113]

@@deonex4993don’t stand in the way of his dreams

[@janosnagyj.9540]

@@mondoseguendo6113 He thought he fled from the spanish inquisition but actually could not avoid their final curse 🤬

[@mewsterx3679]

At least hes in a better place rather than where he tried to escape from

[@Samrat74737]

If you fall somewhere in sea and still you somehow open parachute and land in water cold cold cold water what you going to do???

[@rmp5s]

I saw a story on murder TV (what I call all those murder investigation shows on TV) where a dude was found dead in the street in the middle of a neighborhood. They were going through the whole investigation and everything thinking someone killed him and dumped him there, but NOPE!! Dude decided to hide in with the landing gear on a flight from Boston to Florida (or whatever it was...don't remember exactly) and, as that space isn't pressurized, dude suffocated (and probably partially froze) somewhere along the way and fell out when the pilots put down the gear to land. Probably the craziest murder TV episode I've ever seen! Moral of the story?...don't try to be a stow away!! lol

[@rmp5s]

Found it...Google "Delvonte Tisdale" if you want the full story.

[@cheeseybox]

Cap

[@rmp5s]

@@cheeseybox ...???

[@isaacbruner65]

It was a flight from Charlotte to Boston. They found his handprints inside the wheel-well and his missing shoes along the flight path. Kid was only 16 and apparently had a happy life. Nobody knows what compelled him to try to stowaway for Boston. Family tried to sue because they said security should have been tighter at the airport, but it was dismissed.

[@rmp5s]

@@isaacbruner65 Yea. Crazy story. I thought it was something to do with him being in the military or thinking he was or something...I don't remember.

[@m90nray]

I'm Nigerian and I'm not even surprised hearing about the stowaway form here, the living conditions and economy is atrocious for a lot of people yet the government refuses to act on it despite being able to probably makes things better. All due to corruption I guess.

[@drivethruabortion280]

And race, culture.

[@unclenogbad1509]

I was born and brought up in West London, under the usual flightpath to Heathrow (sometimes we had 'quiet' days when the wind was in the other direction).Planes would literally march overhead at peak times, one after the other, and you could see that they all lowered their undercarriage at about the same point. Here's where this gets relevant. Under the same path, there was a B&Q depot in Richmond (B&Q is a DIY store in the UK - not bad, but Wickes has better deals). Every now and then, you couldn't go in as it was surrounded by Police barriers. Viewers of the video (and this channel) have probably immediately guessed why. Yes indeed, a frozen, and usually almost naked, body had landed in their car park, the routine landing procedure having a greater accuracy than the famed Norden bombsight. The nakedness was caused by air whipping away loose clothing on the way down. I'm guessing each one was a personal tragedy driven by desperation, but shamefully to admit, you sort of got used to it in a strange way.

[@generalmarkmilleyisbenedic8895]

The no clothes could be paradoxical undressing from hypothermia

[@unclenogbad1509]

@@generalmarkmilleyisbenedic8895 Never thought of that, but yes, you're quite right.

[@thomaspatnode7053]

The "strange getting used to horrible tragedy" is something I very much understand with my americanness

[@unclenogbad1509]

@@thomaspatnode7053 Don't lose hope.

[@Nettsinthewoods]

Something never discussed when it comes to a third runway - where the bodies will drop. What a story! I agree, Wicks is better

[@John.McMillan]

Holy shit, Qxir is already almost at 1 million. I remember subscribing from the first tales from the bottle, feel like that was only a bit ago. Can't wait to see this channel pass millions.

[@lilstinker5475]

I actually thought he was already past 1 mil until I read this lel

[@LosstAndFound]

​@@realityreviews2314 Wtf is your problem dude?

[@Taco_Syndicate]

@@realityreviews2314LEL

[@LosstAndFound]

​@@realityreviews2314 Bro I don't wanna be making jokes that are funny to dudes who use the word "LEL". That internet humor got your brain on rot my man

[@LosstAndFound]

@@realityreviews2314 Bro you sound a little obsessed, you good?

[@Hexterguard99]

I once heard a story about a guy who snuck aboard a medium size commercial aircraft by hiding in the cargo section, he died due to the drop in temperature causing him to experience extreme hypothermia.

[@limyarplane1991]

its probably not true then, airlines keep the cargo section pressurized and fairly warm, its colder in there then the cabin (worse insulation) but its normally not deadly cold. things that you take in non carry on would be frozen when you got them back if they dint keep some warmth there and it would piss a lot of people off

[@chadimirputin2282]

​@limyarplane1991 there's been a few that done what this chap did and ended up freezing 🥶 he's probably heard one of those stories.

[@WobblesandBean]

Darwin award.

[@WobblesandBean]

​@@limyarplane1991 Nope. Only _some_ cargo holds are pressurized, if it's just a cargo plane with no commercial passengers then they don't bother. And none of them have temperature control, passenger plane or not. That's why airlines won't allow pets on flights if it's too hot or too cold.

[@limyarplane1991]

@@AstroMenacePi yes but if you read the comment i was responding to he said cargo section and that is what i was talking about

[@mjrchapin]

Don't hear as much of this stowaway activity on trains any more, but my grandpas were train men. There were people who tried to jump off, well, they did jump off and none of those were happy landings. Climbing into boxcars and hoping for the best was the standard. The biggest danger was getting beeaten senseless or tossed of by the train crew. Thanks for another great post!

[@MrCmon113]

Or they jumped off, were fine and didn't get noticed. Why do you people always assume 100% detection rate?

[@katherinehall1967]

My father in law did that as a young man. I think he referred to it as being a "train hobo". He travelled all over the US when he was a teenager, doing that.

[@LostShipMate]

I remember hearing a story about a Haitian that somehow got into the wheel well of a airliner. He survived his trip to America, how he wasn't crushed by the landing gear and how he avoided freezing to death or 'popping' at atmosphere is beyond me. He did have hypothermia though.

[@farhanatashiga3721]

If the flight is to Florida it's short enough that survival is possible

[@frenzalrhomb6919]

I remember this!! I was going on 10yrs old, and I grew up in Liverpool in Western Sydney. I remember it so because "Boy's Town" was actually a little infamous at the time. It wasn't "Juve" as they call it now, but it seemed to be a very short stop away from getting "locked up properly" at a place like "Minda, MtPenang or Yasmar, all real, honest to goodness Juvenile Justice institutions for young Men below the age of 18yrs. Nowadays, most kids that would today, more than likely be diagnosed with ADHD, and other such underlying health issues, would find themselves with 2 exasperated parents and a "trip to Boy's Town," and we ALL knew that was code for "you'll end up in Jail one day", or plummeting to your death from the wheel arch of a 747!!

[@cessnacitation-x]

2:23 Technically an embolus actually, an embolus is a moving clot or mass in the bloodstream, however an embolism is a clot or mass that has become lodged somewhere, like in the lung for example, which would cause a pulmonary embolism, or in the brain it's a stroke, or in the heart it's a myocardial infarction (heart attack), etc. In short, an embolus becomes an embolism after it becomes lodged somewhere.

[@G5rry]

An embolism is caused by an embolus. One is the event, the other is the cause. It has nothing to do with whether it is moving or not.

[@cessnacitation-x]

@@G5rry That is not true. I have basically nothing else to say but that, it's simply not true.

[@cessnacitation-x]

@@G5rry An embolus is a mass that is moving through a vein or artery, when it becomes lodged, it is now an embolism, the product of an embolus.

[@y_fam_goeglyd]

That poor kid. Any number of us can identify with being restless and wanting what we don't have. But back then, people didn't generally understand aviation because not many people flew. It was only just becoming something the average person could aspire to back then. Such a sad story. And I can't begin to imagine the nightmares it gave his parents...

[@MitoDrium]

Tbf, their solution to having a kid that was really taken by Wanderlust was to effectively lock him up in a very oppressive environment that, for him, must have been soul crushing.

[@ccaagg]

@@MitoDrium Not just oppressive - kids have died because of this kind of establishment. Calling something in the """troubled teen""" industry an 'education facility' strikes me as hugely irresponsible. It's no secret what goes on at those places, and it's also not really a mystery anymore what effects they have on children. Google it. I'm just glad a lot of adult survivors of these places are now getting legal justice for abuses in the 80s and 90s, and pray that that will bring more awareness to these abhorrent abuse camps / trauma factories.

[@themudpit621]

@@MitoDrium Oppressive? Boys town was a catholic abuse hell. Look it up. Largest ever abuse casy against a religious org in my country, with 219 cases that were proven in court. Sould crushing indeed, poor kid was probably fleeing.

[@themudpit621]

His rich parents sent him to boys town, they can't have cared too much.

[@shadowscall7758]

​@themudpit621 apparently you haven't heard of needing professional help for issues..

[@paulroberts3639]

If someone can get themself onto/into a commercial passenger aircraft unobserved in order to stow away, how hard would it be to sabotage the vehicle, plant a bomb, etc. I thought that heightened security in the 21 century had rendered stowing away on an aircraft impossible. I like to think that no unauthorised person could approach or interact with an aircraft, no exceptions.

[@delfinenteddyson9865]

as you probably realised, the stowaway are boarding in 3rd world countries, where the security is not the same as what you would expect in Europe or the US.

[@isaacbruner65]

​@@delfinenteddyson9865not just in 3rd world countries. A 16 year-old American died in 2010 after stowing away on a flight from Charlotte to Boston. His body landed in the middle of the street as the plane extended its landing gear over the suburbs of Boston.

[@delfinenteddyson9865]

@@isaacbruner65 :(

[@SomeOne-vf1rs]

All the security in airports is mostly for show

[@brieb402]

The large part of the security you see in airports is saftey theater. Especially institutions like the TSA here in America. Yes regulations feel tight for us nobodies, but the TSA has a proven 95% failure rate of detecting explosives, guns, and weapons. I'm curious what the case is for other countries. It's quite baffling actually.

[@_JayRamsey_]

Damn, ten metres below the plane is a crazy place to hide.

[@stephanieparker1250]

I mean.. social distancing and all.

[@415volts]

@@stephanieparker1250 Haha, funny - nice one :)

[@renakunisaki]

He glitched into a nonexistent seat!

[@generalmarkmilleyisbenedic8895]

@@stephanieparker1250not funny. That fake shit is over. Never let yourself be oppressed again.

[@kygodragon4782]

You're all idiots. He tied a rope to the plane and around his chest. This is a picture of him flying with the plane, not falling. That thing inside your skull, use it.

[@qballin1523]

Thanks mentioning that most stowaways aren't people looking for adventure, and that it's mostly people seeking refuge/asylum because they are stuck in horrible situations and can't afford to legally leave/escape and they feel that they need to take the risk just to escape to potentially have a better life

[@boogaloobender3462]

you will never be a real woman

[@Big_Tex]

I’m sure plenty of people don’t really realize how much colder it gets with altitude. Air temp tends to decrease 2 degrees C per 1000 feet higher you go. That really adds up after 38,000 feet.

[@roth4916]

I dont think your math adds up

[@xpertrex5991]

@@roth4916but it does?

[@InsideOutAnus]

@@roth4916 He's right, there are 1.8 degrees F in every 1 degree C.

[@Big_Tex]

@@roth4916 you could look it up guy, easily verifiable fact, I didn’t make that up.

[@kygodragon4782]

Incorrect, every flight I've been on I've only ever been slightly cold once and that was because the air con infront, above and behind was all on me at the same time... Nothing my blankey didn't solve. Stop being a baby.

[@isaacbruner65]

I'm surprised no one else has mentioned this, but U.S. military aircraft leaving Afghanistan in 2021 were swarmed by desperate Afghans who wanted to escape. In the chaos, somebody made it into the wheel-well of a C-17 military cargo aircraft. They found his body when they landed in Qatar.

[@dr.nosborn6330]

Many tried it. I saw a video of someone falling from a plane in Kabul's fall.

[@garybrown2039]

We should be talking about that, just so you know.

[@Jauvajs]

​@@garybrown2039But even mentioning something might be wrong with current leadership makes you crazy Qanon Trump worshipper, I don't get Americans.

[@garybrown2039]

@@Jauvajs I didn't even mention trump and you are already offended. Or or are you just desperate to bait someone politically. Also, his side isnt the one pushing books like gender queer on kids. Look it up, ill wait.

[@Jauvajs]

@@garybrown2039 me offended? I'm not American and just pointing out your stupid politics, why are you acting so defensive? Why bring up gender stuff? I really don't get Americans.

[@seanedwards3685]

once again another great video, keep up the work 💪

[@Qxir]

Appreciate it!

[@elitely6748]

Being early for a new Qxir video is definetely a treat, excellent video as usual!

[@ArDeeMee]

There is such a tiny difference between „8 months ago“ and „8 minutes ago“ that it regularly fails to click. I usually realize it while reading the comments. ;)

[@jonathandunleavy-colgan8876]

Brother! As an Irish man born in the uk, your accent and tempo are Perfect! Very inflective. Rare quality! First time I’ve had the pleasure Good on you! Great job!

[@I_am_BiG_Al]

I once fell from a planes landing gear trying to enter America but luckily landed in a Styrofoam factory

[@sheevpalpatine2231]

Wile E Coyote type stuff out here

[@I_am_BiG_Al]

@@sheevpalpatine2231 live on the edge bro

[@hundkebab2433]

damn that's mad wildest shit I've ever done was jump from the top of the SF bridge onto a car - ain't as impressive as what you did but i think it's still a worthy tale for the kids

[@Robochop-vz3qm]

Still would have been a rough landing though ay 🤪🤪

[@jamester0772]

Speaking of schiphol deaths (amsterdam airport). When I was taking my drivers licence I met a cleaner from Schiphol, and my roommate was someone who loads the bay. They both spoke of extreme high mortality rates which are being hidden by the airport. The cleaner told me about immigrants hanging themselfs after having ti return without a child, or not being let into the country. And the workers at schiphol are all imported, extorted and sometimes freeze to death in the company freezers. They fainted because the sudden switfh of temperature and no one would go looking cause they just assume you are slacking of. Besides that we apparently import thousands of kilos of living bees from china. Edit: I want to clarify about the imported workers. Not all workers, but the people who work in cargo and out of site are mostly from other countries who started working with the promise of being able to send money back to their family. A lot of money gets stolen of their checks, and they live un tiny, overcrowded houses provided by their mother company. Schiphol has recently been in the news for inhuman work conditions, and what has been released officially is only the tip of the iceberg of the schmuk that goes on there. Live the Netherlands and the easy of use of Schiphol, but yeahhhh it's pretty fucked up

[@johnr797]

Heh, I thought that said exporting like you were importing/exporting workers using freezers on planes.

[@lordjzargo7940]

Live in The Netherlands and never heard of this

[@ggoddkkiller1342]

Yep, the dutch aren't humanist a lot, their army also sold babies to serbs once...

[@johnr797]

@@ggoddkkiller1342 why exactly would the Serbs need to be buying babies? Also, how is the Dutch army procuring babies in the first place?

[@MegaLietuvislt]

I worked at schiphol(cleaning) can't confirm deaths and stuff, but you're right about the immigrant abuse. Very poor conditions.

[@_DewGaming]

"How risky is it to stow away on a plane" * Last Moments intro plays * Me: I think I might have an idea on the dangers

[@DolphinJorts]

7:23 "maybe some only realized the full extent of the danger in their LAST MOMENTS" He said it! He said the thing!

[@ryanroberts1104]

Jesus...I can barely survive riding 6 hours IN THE CABIN!

[@katherinehall1967]

That what I was thinking!

[@nickd3157]

25000 more to go!!!! Keep it going Qxir, ive loved your content and shared it with many people.

[@Qxir]

Thank you!

[@TomKappeln]

Amen ! Gooooo Qxir !

[@blackbeardgamer5909]

Close to hitting that 1 million subs! Hope you get there soon!

[@CaptOrbit]

Air cargo planes and wide body passenger planes utilize what ground personnel refer to as either "huts" for air cargo or "cans" for wide body passenger luggage. These are essentially aluminum boxes shaped to fit interior of the plane often large enough to stand up in. The reason for this is twofold; the first reason is it allows cargo or luggage to be sorted by the contents final destination and that it would simply be too labor intensive to load these large aircraft one item at a time. Once the cans or huts are loaded they are delivered to the waiting aircraft where they are rolled onto a large scissors lift like contraption and raised up to the proper height. Then a series of powered rollers moves the container from the lift into the aircraft where more powered rollers deliver it back to its final position in the airplane. I worked on the ramp when I was in college both for Delta and DHL. So I don't remember which training session I heard this at, but one of the supervisors warned us about the dangers of loading these containers. Apparently while one was being moved via the powered conveyor system within the airplane, it became slightly twisted stopping its progress, which is not unusual. A senior ramp employee took it upon himself to go into the aircraft in order to jockey the container back into its proper position. Unfortunately, he had neglected to tell anyone else that he was going to do this. The next bit was unclear as to whether the remaining crew noticed that the jam seemed to have cleared or were never aware of it in the first place and simply thought that the senior team member had stepped away for a few moments, but they continued the loading process while he was in the plane. This means he almost certainly would have heard the noise of the next container being loaded and seen it moving down. The powered rollers of the interior towards him but he would have been powerless to do anything to stop it by then. No one would have heard him scream and he certainly wouldn't have been strong enough to push a fully loaded and properly aligned container back. They are all so shaped to utilize the maximum amount of volume within their interior space, meaning there is no room to squeeze past one either.. He became trapped in between the two containers. The loading was completed. The doors were shut. And the plane deported from Cincinnati to Seattle. When the Seattle ground crew began to unload the plane they found him exhausted from having had to stand pressed between the containers for the duration of the flight but otherwise none the worst for wear. Fortunately the containers don't move with that much force and the front side is a canvas or vinyl curtain on most of the containers which gave him a little to remain standing in. It is also extremely fortunate for him that the area remains temperature controlled and pressurized throughout the flight. He apparently refused medical treatment and was given a hotel room for the night and a return business class ticket the next day. He was apparently also compensated a small amount for having been placed in the situation even though it was largely his fault.

[@katherinehall1967]

WOW!! What a story to tell his grandkids!!!😮

[@UltraTaka1]

An underlying sadness of Keith's story, is that there is a particularly high likelihood he was se*ual*ly ab**ed during his stay at Boystown, and subsequently might have inspired his Unfortunate journey through desperation. It was a not very well kept secret here in Australia, regarding what went on in that facility, only having been acknowledged and apologized for by the government after decades had passed.

[@adamthemediocre6376]

man when has a house for troubld youth haven't been abusive to its occupants

[@warpnin3]

The government? They are not the ones who abused the poor kids...

[@Robochop-vz3qm]

I agree. Very likely, extremely sad.

[@nl-ho4wm]

Or maybe he was physically and mentally ab8sed there, SA its not the only thing that makes you runaway you know.

[@00FireFlyer00]

the "sexually abused" was censored in ur comment so there u go i fixed it

[@727Phoenix]

At 2:30am 5 january 2014 body parts fell from the sky in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia as an airliner approached the airport in Medina, presumed to be the remains of a stowaway who came to a bad end in one of the aircraft's wheel bays.

[@AlTheEngineer]

Damn, I didn't hear about this one! Any news links?

[@Thor_Artur]

Holy shit man, that photo is intense. Reminds me of the photo of *The Falling Man* from the 9/11 attacks! 😮😮

[@charlessaint7926]

I've seen a photo of two desperate ARVN soldiers killed during the fall of South Vietnam. They stowed away in the wheel well of a civilian airliner. When the wheels contracted into the well, they wheels crushed the two soldiers. The photo had their bodies dangling from the now open well.

[@okjeffy6581]

It’s not worth it man

[@vulpes7079]

​@goddoesnotexist5688psycho

[@brianstabile165]

@goddoesnotexist5688Jesus what the hell

[@concerningindividual629]

@goddoesnotexist5688Nobody is a saint, but we've all got personal morals. He's just shocked you're looking for possible shock value gore, since he wouldn't do so himself.

[@betteroywoth2445]

​@goddoesnotexist5688you got the Sauce?

[@ceejayrox23]

Very well done! Worth waiting an extra week for. You've come so far in your craft. It's sad to hear so many still are attempting to stowaway in the wheel well. Makes me wonder how awful their lives were to have attempted it.

[@elliotville7820]

Most of the time, it's poverty

[@VoidHalo]

I watched a video maybe a year ago about a guy who snuck into the wheel well of a plane in Africa (can't recall the country) bound for the UK. He and his friend hid away and survived the whole flight, although both of them passed out from the lack of oxygen. When the guy woke up, the landing gear was opening and his friend fell to his death. Somehow he survived the trip, but had frostbite from the cold. I wish I could remember more details but I saw it on KZbin so you can probably find it if you wanted to. It may have even been this channel.

[@fasttraqtv]

Kenya

[@juliemanarin4127]

And then they sent him home...bad move to try it

[@foxepunz4849]

I know it may sound wierd but these last moments videos are my favorite! You learn stuff (morbid stuff at least) you may not have learned elsewhere, and maybe the video might save a life cause someone could see this video and realize its not a good idea to stowaway in the future haha

[@MisterIvyMike]

And there is a little chance to become the star of one of theese last moment episodes... 😆

[@foxepunz4849]

@@MisterIvyMike I'm late but lmao (thanks slow ass yt notifs)

[@booze_walk]

really sobering video. I applaud the respect you give to the humanity of these victims of a lack of forethought. The contrast in skill is brutal to behold... sneaking onto airport property undetected proves they had a badly misplaced skill, compared with the failure to have learned or even inferred the various dangers... ... , ....... ....... i feel really sad for those guys...

[@thesandwich5321]

That poor kid. He wasn't stupid, just lacked knowledge of that kind of danger. Can't imagine I'd know what being outside a plane can do to the human body at that age, I'd never even left the country.

[@GrandVizierPestage]

Even if he was idiotically ignorant of the sheer number of deadly conditions associated with the outside of the airplane cabin, that doesn’t even begin to excuse the rest of his actions. He very likely had psychological issues. While his last moments must have been horrifying, stupidity is often deterministic

[@Sniperboy5551]

Darwinism

[@dovisdambrauskas6840]

​@@Sniperboy5551How do your views have something to do with people having mental issues?

[@catscanhavelittleasalami]

He was running away from home. I would bet anything his family was abusive, and the forced stay at the catholic ed institute must have been the last straw. Abusive adults and p3dos are rampants in these religious institutions. I mean, sending him away to a place for "troubled kids" because he was restless? He was only 14 ffs.

[@legoeasycompany]

@@catscanhavelittleasalami Maybe there was good reason, maybe not. I've seen kids try just as stupid things as he did at another institution that people love to dump "problem" kids at. Trying to explain it away is wasted effort honestly

[@mr.yuk4858]

I remember when Arnie went from the main cabin (after knocking the guy out sitting next to him) to going into the landing gear as the DC 10 takes off and jumping into a swap at the end of the runway and surviving without a scratch. That was amazing 👏

[@a1b9c2]

I watched that documentary too. Highly motivated to stay alive for the sake of his daughter.

[@JonMurray]

I thought about this a lot as a young kid. I thought it would be easy if I just put my winter coat on and hid up inside where the wheel went. Jump out when we land wherever. Thinking back now, I really thought about this a lot.

[@kantraa]

if you put like a hundred layers of clothing on to avoid turning into ice because of the more than -65 degree celsius temperatures, bring an oxygen tank on board in order to avoid dying of hypoxia due to the landing gear cabin not being pressurized, using earmuffs to not go deaf because of the jet engine noise, and on top of all that managing to squeeze yourself into that cabin and avoiding the MASSIVE landing gear, then yeah, maybe you could survive.

[@JonMurray]

@@kantraa Right?! Finally someone with a bit of belief in me!

[@prettypuff1]

7 year old me agrees It seemed like a solid plan idea

[@neevko267]

@@kantraa At that point you're doing it just for the sake of doing it, if you can afford all that and willing to go through the effort, might as well just buy the ticket

[@kantraa]

@@neevko267 yeah that's what im saying. and there's no way you're fitting all that in he tiny space in the landing gear bay.

[@regis360q]

I always thought of stowaways as a cool concept shows should use more often, and I never really thought of how dangerous it could be.

[@Sandeep-jx5gc]

Thank you for this video. You saved my life.

[@tymiller9714]

Can you imagine, "Honey I just got our vacation photos developed! Look, theres the skyline, our hotel room, an airplane and- ooooo fuck..."

[@Trav81888]

Creepin up to the 1MM are we now. Congrats on the success of the channel; you deserve it. Anytime I’m upset or having a bad day I watch the 1904 summer Olympics video, your first I believe. Gets me every time

[@salt-emoji]

There are a ton of stories about people stowing away, and only surviving because of the cryogenic-like conditions of the upper atmosphere, there is always lasting damage from it, but still kinda cool

[@twistedyogert]

More like "really cool".

[@internetcensure5849]

"cryogenic-like conditions"😂😂

[@CarsoDeck]

And to think all of these could be avoided if airlines just instituted wheel well checks before take off

[@djscottdog1]

The pilot checks every part of the craft before boarding doesnt stop a sly dog running in when no ones looking

[@CarsoDeck]

@@djscottdog1 well its obviously not checked at a proper time to stop people then and they should do it right before take off instead of boarding

[@alfnoakes392]

A DC3 flying here in NZ used to fly commercially in Africa. One momento of this part of its former use is an extra little perspex 'window' that allows a crew-member doing an external pre-flight check to confirm that there is no-one in the tiny space (aft of the toilet?) in the absolute rear of the aircraft, as this was a locally known 'stowaway spot'. At least stowing away there would only have been uncomfortable ...

[@ramachtbassman375]

DC3 such an awesome plane, my favorite in Flight sim... No toilet to check thoug :)

[@kurt9395]

I heard stories of a number of people trying to escape from Cuba by stowing away in a plane's wheel well. If memory serves, there was one guy who stowed away on an Air Canada flight and survived although he had severe frostbite to his hands.

[@paulforder591]

When I was in the 7th grade (1980), I remember listening to a Reader's Digest printed story and audio about a guy named Armando who defected from Cuba in 1969 in a jetliner wheel well, fell out onto the ground when the plane landed in New Jersey, was treated for hypothermia, given asylum, and went to live with his aunt. I'm surprised he survived, given the fact he should've died from the extreme cold at such a high altitude. 🛫

[@smittysmeee]

This video is a PSA. I never thought I'd have to have a "Don't Stowaway" conversation with my kids, but now I'm going to.

[@SadMarinersFan]

Another incident of a photographer taking a photo at just the right time was American Airlines flight 191, where Michael Laughlin took a photo of the DC-10 with its number 1 engine missing in a 100degree bank diving towards the ground.

[@Robochop-vz3qm]

Yep, had that image in my head for years. That would have been a terrifying accident. Crashed in a trailer park I believe

[@verity9953]

I mean the chances of that photo, damn

[@simonmcnicholas]

Nearly got one million subs now you’ve earned it mate. Love your channel hello from Lancashire England 👍🏻

[@booze_walk]

- Father Ted - is a great show... i must limit myself to .... whatever, I cannot ruin the whole series, i shall not watch it all at once... its so funny... thank you, dude!

[@diegomountin585]

What I find particularly nuts is that this photo was taken in 1970! It’s not like today where practically everyone has a phone capable of taking photos in their pocket. “Lucky” photo indeed…

[@senseiplay8290]

Lesson learned, I have to bring an oxygen mask, blankets, industrial headphones and a spacesuit to avoid depressurisation.

[@THEEGOBLINNE]

What blows me away is how these individuals did not expect cold when mountains at their highest elevations can perpetually be capped in snow.

[@carsondenny1986]

Yeah. I think most of them have been on a flight before and naively believe that the pressure / temperature they experienced in the cabin would be similar.

[@gamering149]

2 and a half minutes in and im gonna be honest just buying a ticket to the plane sounds like less effort then surviving being a stowaway

[@KiLDELTA]

I remember seeing videos from Afghanistan during the US withdrawal... it was heartbreaking when I saw a number of desperate Afghans climbed up the transport aircraft but fell to their deaths as the aircraft took off...

[@TubeOfLaughes]

The act of truly desperate people. Was so terrible to see that. Two decades and thousands of lives wasted.

[@spiritmatter1553]

China Joe did that.

[@VPharp]

I was thinking about that too. Horrifying and tragic. And needless.

[@internetcensure5849]

@@TubeOfLaughes Hundreds of thousands of Afghans killed or wounded in the 20-year war!

[@MrCmon113]

Yes, all thanks to "anti-war" propaganda.

[@KenzoGT]

wow, guess being a stowaway is truly "bone chilling"

[@boris8787]

Imagine if that guy landed in the middle of the village of Chillingbourne.

[@atlas2296]

This is why basic science classes are important. Simply knowing about atmospheric pressure and temperature could probably have saved these people’s lives

[@JethroDAvis024]

I recently binged all of your videos. Love this channel, and love your work my guy Qxir

[@Qxir]

Glad you like them!

[@JethroDAvis024]

@@Qxir Glad you make them!!!!

[@Wulfjager]

-lose weight to be smaller -bundle up -bring an oxygen tank -plug your ears Got it, I'm ready

[@BMMEC6000]

Really great video! Maybe you should dive into the topic of trainhopping (stowing away on a train). It’s quite the interesting topic once you dig deep enough.

[@vahgeuvje10]

I love how the ending of your last moments always creates eerily tense horror thru sound and stills.

[@ghostsoul529]

There was a guy who did this escaping cuba, and the plane went all the way to spain he did pass out but survived. In case you're wondering I say this on history channel show "the unxplained".

[@MattH-wg7ou]

Ive spoken to some of the C17 pilots that flew the shameful Afghanistan "withdrawal". They have some horrible stories.

[@MrAledro84]

Such as?

[@TubeOfLaughes]

@@MrAledro84 Man just look on the internet for afgans on plane wheels. Kaotic or the YNC might have the videos. Its awful.

[@moonooze6171]

Was looking for a comment about this.

[@MattH-wg7ou]

In the cargo area of the C17 there is a small window that allows the crew to peek into the gear well to inspect. Imagine what they saw. The gear is HUGE on a C17, the hydraulics crushed people, cut them in half, etc. And they could see into the gear well through that window and see the...mess... Also they were afraid the engines were going to suck people in, they had to use low power settings to slowly speed up enough to get away from the crowds, then when clear of the people finally push the power up, so they didnt ingest human "FOD" and frag out their engines. When they lowered the gear to land later, bodies and parts of bodies dropped out.

[@vulpes7079]

The only thing better than a withdrawal would have been not invading in the first place

[@cokergx3]

New Qxir video.....yes please and thank you!

[@Secretlyanothername]

I'm glad that we send the survivors home. Nobody should do something so risky or stupid.

[@FoxWolfWorld]

Wow you actually got it right by saying your body will have trouble absorbing oxygen because of the lower pressure, when most people say that there is “less oxygen” at higher altitudes, which is not true

[@CustomcrowdMitroc]

I've never seen a KZbinr explain what living in Sydney is like so accidentally

[@brohamster]

I bet whenever a pilot opens the landing gear, one part of him always thinks, “am I dumping someone out of the plane by pressing this button?”

[@mwatkins0420]

I freaking love your channel bro!! I rewatch all your Last Moments videos. Much love from Sunny South Florida ✌️🤙🤘

[@prikkel_]

I work with freezers working at temps of -60 and being in there with anything less than our special clothes is strictly forbidden, but even with these clothes you can at max stay in there for 10 min before you start freezing and have to get out to warm up.

[@aaronwillets1172]

Let’s goooooooo another Qxir video where he talks about people dying!

[@yusufbektas1961]

Yessss lets gooo

[@Hankinson.B]

Love ur stuff man! Miss the animations tho 😪 Absolutely the BEST part of ur videos. BRING EM BACK!!

[@literally_ramiel]

*Record scratch* *Freeze frame* "Yup, that's me. You're probably wondering how I ended up in this situation."

[@Yos115]

That picture goes hard tbf

[@yusufbektas1961]

tf

[@the4tierbridge]

A man is falling to his death in that photo!

[@NetanyahooWarCriminal]

CAUTION TERRAIN CAUTION TERRAIN

[@rmslefttoe9024]

Like him against the ground

[@amelia20044]

Fire photo fr

[@HifumiAjitani]

Imagine being the person to discover one such body I would be traumatized

[@SteenSpinal4LIFE]

Cool topic, didnt know this was such a thing. Seems kinda obvious to me that you should never be climbing in a plane wheelwell...

[@mikek6298]

This reminds me of that video of an American military plane taking off with dozens of people clinging to the wheels. I distinctly remember several people falling off as it took off, and thinking they were the lucky ones

[@N.I.R.A.T.I.A.S.]

I used to work in aviation. One of the older guys told me about a time when a flight arrived from Johannesburg and dumped half a frozen corpse on to the runway when it landed. The other half was stuck, frozen and crushed, inside the wheel well. Interestingly, this had nothing to do with the topic of conversation at the time. I guess he just felt like telling me.

[@pederstrmKollenborg]

"What was going through their mind?" Their spine as they hit the ground.

[@Xesmuclana]

the last moments line at the end of the video always makes the video for me tbh keep up the good work qxir, love ya shit

[@wanderinghistorian]

Getting close to a million subs Qxir! I hope you get there you deserve it!