The frozen body missed a sunbather by barely a metre
A man has been found dead in a London garden after falling from the landing gear of a Kenya Airways flight from Nairobi on its final approach to Heathrow.
Witnesses said the frozen body, which fell some 1000 metres, missed a man sunbathing in his garden by barely a meter.
The body was found in Clapham, south London at about 3.40pm local time. If it had fallen only two seconds later it could have landed on the hugely popular Clapham Common.
“I heard a ‘whomp’ – I went upstairs to look out of a window. At first I though it was a tramp asleep in the garden. He had all of his clothes on and everything. I had a closer look and saw there was blood all over the walls of the garden,” one local resident told the Press Association.
“His head was not in a good way. I realized immediately that he had fallen. So I went outside and it was just then the neighbor came out and he was very shaken. He had been sunbathing and he landed one meter away from him.”
Photos circulated on social media appeared to show the body had left a crater in the garden
Police said an examination would be carried out and they were not treating his death as suspicious.
“The 6,840km flight takes eight hours and 50 minutes,” a spokesman for Kenya Airways said.
“It is unfortunate that a person has lost his life by stowing aboard one of our aircraft and we express our condolences.
“Kenya Airways is working closely with the relevant authorities in Nairobi and London as they fully investigate this case.”
