Teen boy flies inside Boeing-737 wing for 2 hours and loses his both hands

DennisZ

Doctors are trying to do their best to save the hands of 15-year-old boy Andrey Sherbakov, a native of the city of Perm in Russia’s Ural region. The boy miraculously survived the 1.300-kilometer flight inside a wing of Boeing-737 jetliner. Surgeons will probably have to amputate the boy’s both hands because of gangrene which started developing as a result of severe frostbite.

http://english.pravda.ru/society/stories/25-09-2007/97676-boeing-0

kaimera

Christ. Poor guy.

Nice airport security they have there tho and plane inspections. :rolleyes:

silverharp

there must be a translation error, where is there an "inside of a wing" on any jet?

npresto

silverharp wrote:

there must be a translation error, where is there an "inside of a wing" on any jet?

He didn't get inside the wing. He climbed up the landing gear into the wheel well and would have been exposed to temperatures around minus 40degC. Aircraft wings are hollow and normally contain fuel. He wouldn't have been able to get inside the wing.

Tha Gopher

Teenage boy loses ability to use both hands?

Thats a fate worse than death :eek:

Rabies

npresto wrote:

He didn't get inside the wing. He climbed up the landing gear into the wheel well and would have been exposed to temperatures around minus 40degC.

If Arnie can do it, then any one can.

dloob

Well this is reported in Pravda so I wouldn't expect the most accurate reporting.
At least it will stop them accusing Condeleza Rice of being sexually frustrated for a while.

highlydebased

This has happened many times before- Amazing he was not crushed in the gear bay

No way of getting inside wing atal..

shanew

as far as I remember with Boeings (707 & 737) then wheelwell
it not entirly covered over when retracted - there is gap.


S.

kev_s88

that totally sucks.i couldnt handle not havin hands.id have to become extremely talented with my feet!!!

Might I suggest a visit to Mobility & Disability.

There's those out there without hands, but they can get on with things much as wheelchair users can.

NUTLEY BOY

How did he manage to avoid falling out of the wheel well when the gear was lowered on approach to the destination airport ?

If the medical details are true he might wish that he had fallen out on approach given that he faces such a bleak future.

castie

As SeaSlacker has said there are people out there without hands, and refering to it as a "bleak future" im sure would not be taken well.

RoundyMooney

Guys, can we leave the victim's future mobility issue to one side?

The key concerns here are that it was allowed to happen in the first place, and that anyone would be dumb enough or desperate enough to even try.