No way did this happen !?!

tang0 · 25 Sep 2007 at 22:12

http://www.en.rian.ru/russia/20070924/80694850.html

what the !?!

he wouldnt of been able to hold on for one, two, there would be a serious lack of air

MeatLoaf · 25 Sep 2007 at 22:13

Saw something similar on aircraft investigation where the pilot got sucket oput of the cockpit and clung to the top of the plane for the whole flight

Combat squirrel · 25 Sep 2007 at 22:25

thats chuffin nuts, suppose he could have been frozen onto the wing, as in he couldnt let go,lol :s

Sinque · 25 Sep 2007 at 22:30

Moses99p said:
He's one cool kid.

Wheeyyyyyyyy

Let's just hope he's fine and chilled out.

Mr Jones · 25 Sep 2007 at 22:32

Wow... now lets just hope the docs don't need to amputate any parts that's too frostbitten...

geeza · 25 Sep 2007 at 22:38

i bet he'd have got a bad case of chilblains if they had squirted hot water on him!

anyone remember digging in snow for ages then getting a hot bath. It killed!

Andybtsn · 25 Sep 2007 at 22:46

That is insane, what the hell is there to hold on good enough to keep you there at speeds of 500mph+ :eek:

Mr Jones · 25 Sep 2007 at 22:49

Andybtsn said:
That is insane, what the hell is there to hold on good enough to keep you there at speeds of 500mph+

The edge of the wing?

Conscript · 25 Sep 2007 at 22:51

Surely the leading edge is too thick to get any purchase on?

(Fnaar!)

Andybtsn · 25 Sep 2007 at 22:51

Dr Jones said:
The edge of the wing?

Yeah, gripping on whilst freeing cold and travelling at ridiculous speeds, imagine the wind hitting you? He must have been strapped to the thing or his hands frozen to the wing.

stickroad · 25 Sep 2007 at 22:51

He didnt die from the Altitude?

WarBird · 25 Sep 2007 at 22:52

ok i could see that he maybe was frozen on after a period of time but how did he like stay onat the take off even?

Jokester · 25 Sep 2007 at 22:52

I find it hard to believe, maybe if he was in the undercarriage, but I can't see someone surviving lack of oxygen and the exposure as well.

Jokester

jim5000 · 25 Sep 2007 at 22:54

Why did the plane fly for 2 more hours with someone on the wing? I know it's Russia, but there should have at least been some sort of ex-coldwar runway available... Was there really no-where to land for that long?

Azagoth · 25 Sep 2007 at 22:55

-58C maybe survivable, but what about the lack of oxygen and the chill factor of travelling at 500mph +/-?

Mr Jones · 25 Sep 2007 at 22:56

jim5000 said:
Why did the plane fly for 2 more hours with someone on the wing? I know it's Russia, but there should have at least been some sort of ex-coldwar runway available... Was there really no-where to land for that long?

I don't think anyone actually looked out the window...

Or like Jokester said, he might be hiding in the undercarriage... perhaps near where the baggages are?

Emlyn_Dewar · 25 Sep 2007 at 22:56

How was it the pilot of that BA flight survived again? Did he not just get really lucky with the angle of his head allowing him to breath a little, I cannot believe this story is true. Holding on to the wing himself at high speeds and freezing temperatures? No way!

stickroad · 25 Sep 2007 at 23:00

Are they actually saying on the actual wing as in on top of it not in some conpartment kind of thing?

No way anyone would be able to survive a 2 hours long trip on a top of a plane. The Altitude would pretty much kill you and then theirs the freezing part, you would not have the strenght to hold on.

titaniumx3 · 25 Sep 2007 at 23:08

I think there is some missing info here, no way he would be able cling on to the wing all the way, in the bare open. He must have been at the very least, shielded by something.

Andybtsn · 25 Sep 2007 at 23:14

Probably exagerated by journalists as usual..