A second man somehow survived after falling from the same plane.
A stowaway on a British Airways flight from Johannesburg to London died yesterday after falling from the plane and onto the roof of a clothes shop in south London.
According to ITV News, two men are believed to have held on to the undercarriage of a plane that was flying 8,000 miles from Johannesburg to Heathrow Airport in London.
One of the men is reported to have died after falling from the plane and onto the roof of the clothes shop in Richmond, south London, while the second man is being treated in hospital after somehow surviving the fall.
In a statement to ITV News, a spokesperson for the Metropolitan Police said: “On Thursday June 18 at about 8.30am, police received reports of suspect stowaway on a flight from Johannesburg to Heathrow.
“A man between aged between 25- 30, is currently in a west London hospital and enquires are ongoing. The man is in a serious but stable condition.
“At 9.35am, officers received a call to reports of of a body discovered on top of a building in Kew, West London.
“The death is described as unexplained.”
“A post mortem will be held in due course, and investigations are ongoing as to whether the deceased was a possible stowaway.”
A British Airways spokesperson, meanwhile, said of the incident: “We are working with the Metropolitan Police and the authorities in Johannesburg to establish the facts surrounding this very rare case.”
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