Suspected African Stowaway Falls To His Death From Aircraft Flying Over London

A mans body was found in a London garden after police believe he fell to his death from the landing gear of a plane flying overhead.

The suspected stowaway plummeted just feet away from a Clapham resident in south London who had been sunbathing in the garden , a neighbor told the BBC. He was very shaken, said the neighbor.

A bag, water and some food were found in the landing gear compartment on a Kenya Airways jet after it landed at Heathrow Airport on Sunday, according to a statement from the London police. The nine-hour flight originated in Nairobi.

The man has not yet been identified. An autopsy is being conducted.

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We're working to establish the ID of a man believed to have fallen from the landing gear compartment of an aeroplane. We were called on Sunday afternoon to an address in #Clapham after the body was discovered in a garden https://t.co/MaXOeHNxka pic.twitter.com/ivO8ScKZJV
Metropolitan Police (@metpoliceuk) July 1, 2019

It is unfortunate that a person has lost his life by stowing aboard one of our aircraft and we express our condolences, said a statement from the airline.

Kenya Airways is working closely with the relevant authorities in Nairobi and London as they fully investigate this case.

Four years ago, a stowaway was found dead on a Richmond roof and another was found in critical condition in the landing gear of a British Airways flight from Johannesburg.

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