Missing Carolina teen may have stowed away in USAirways flight.

[ChockJockey]

Go up to his Mother, Father and siblings and tell them its ok for you to make fun of their son who died,

And that would serve what purpose...?

hopefully you will never lose a child.

Hopefully, but if I do and it's a strange and much publicized death I'm not going to pretend that no one anywhere ever can find something funny about it. Getting jokes made about you is a risk you take when you crawl into the wheel well of an airliner.

Your dont have moral character if you think its ok to make fun of it, do you make fun of 9/11 also?

Not sure what makes you an authority on moral character but I think it's disrespectable to compare the thousands of lives lost in a premeditated terrorist attack with a teenager that (may have) made a very poor travel decision. The irony is in how he died, not simply that he died. Had he been kidnapped and murdered then there'd be nothing funny about it at all and we wouldn't be discussing it.

So what else should we not joke about? Child-molesting celebrities? Perverted priests? Cannibalistic serial killers? Palestinian suicide bombers? Space shuttle disasters? Dead celebrities? Corrupt politicians? None of these are funny in and of themselves but we've all heard jokes derived from them. Levity is what most people use to come to terms with a world that is unpredictable, unexplainable, and ultimately unsurvivable.

Death smiles at all of us, all you can do is smile back.

 

[UPNAWAY]

I think it is now not likely that he was a stow away on any airline. There would be lots of evidence in the gear well and within 24hrs crews or MX would have reported it.

 

[Hope777]

http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2010/12/08/1895018/report-nearly-certain-teen-stowed.html

 

[Dont call me Shirley]

doesn't CLT have surveillance cameras on the ramp?

how did he get on to the tarmac without setting off a door alarm? (not that attention is always paid to them)

 

[InternationalDan]

doesn't CLT have surveillance cameras on the ramp?

how did he get on to the tarmac without setting off a door alarm? (not that attention is always paid to them)

Ok, lets try it this way.....employee lot with broken gate near railroad tracks, im not sure where his car is at this point.... climb the fence, on both sides, you are now in express area....I cant say what might at this point...


Dan

 

[700UW]

I think it is now not likely that he was a stow away on any airline. There would be lots of evidence in the gear well and within 24hrs crews or MX would have reported it.

Wrong again, he had aircraft grease all over his clothes.

 

[LD3]

Who's aircraft grease? US or Jetblue......

 

[Dog Wonder]

Who's aircraft grease? US or Jetblue......

They will have to do a DNA test on the grease to know for sure.

 

[robbedagain]

i dont have a link but i had read somewhere that the teen may have stowed in a main wheel well of a 7p clt-bos flt which type of aircraft i dont know

 

[Harry Callahan]

Story is up right now as a major security breach in CLT.
www.wbtv.com

 

[Dont call me Shirley]

a discussion of this over at anet.
http://www.airliners.net/aviation-forums/general_aviation/read.main/5007261/

by anet standards (which isn't saying all that much) fairly drivel free, actually a bit of useful info and pics.

 

[Hope777]

Also Looks as if a Hand Print was found in the Wheel Well of the B737. So Yes I would say it was a USAirways Bird.

http://www.mycentraljersey.com/article/20101211/NATIONWORLD/101211002/Teen+found+near+Boston+likely+fell+from+plane

 

[USA330300]

She escaped the Nude-O-Scan?

Absolutely horrendous you would find any humor in this. For one it is a major security breach, secondly, and maybe even more importantly, is that someone lost their life in a horrific incident. Very disturbing you could even fathom a comedic situation from this incident.

 

[2clippedwings]

Today's Observer. My question is how does Jerry Orr keep his job?

Charlotte airport plans no special review after apparent stowaway

Read more: http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2010/12/13/1909288/charlotte-airport-plans-no-special.html#disqus_thread#ixzz186Fw1QZU

My link

 

[blue collar]

while it is unfortunate that this kid lost his life; it was by his choosing to stow away in the wheelwell of a 737, after trespassing on the aoa. its clear that people aren't making fun of the fact that he died, but it also comes as no shock that this was the most likely outcome of his decision. also, as chockjockey mentioned it is lucky that he didnt do something to prevent one of the MLG's to extend. to 700- if you knew anything about the 737 mlg, you would know that there has been a case of chocks being thrown in the wheelwell, and once becoming dislodged in flight, prevented the mlg from extending. so it is a possibility that something could have happened.