The ALL-NEW WTF Story thread

[Skorixor]

which name sounds better?
sex huts? or sex garages?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20050608/od_ ... NlYwNvZA--

[Skorixor]

When will people learn you can't stow-away in the wheel well of an aircraft?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20050608/od_ ... NlYwNvZA--

[Skorixor]

riiiiiiight, it was the "flipping noise" that tipped them off

it sure wasn't anything else that led police to find a woman smuggling 50+ fish under her skirt

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20050607/od_ ... MlJVRPUCUl

[Keer]

riiiiiiight, it was the "flipping noise" that tipped them off

it sure wasn't anything else that led police to find a woman smuggling 50+ fish under her skirt

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20050607/od_ ... MlJVRPUCUl

I know a guy who beat a charge of fish smuggling from the Carribean to Florida. He gives me the evil eye when I call him The Codfather everytime I see him.

[warsloth]

in that stowaway thing, how did the guy get ripped to pieces? I thought the most common death from that was freezing to death.

I guess he should have picked a larger plane.

[Keer]

in that stowaway thing, how did the guy get ripped to pieces? I thought the most common death from that was freezing to death.

My guess...he misjudged the space he had to fit himself in on that leg from Senegal to New York. Landing gear came up with +3000 psi and balled him up like a soda can.

Yeah, and he probably froze after that as well.

[X'an Shin]

in that stowaway thing, how did the guy get ripped to pieces? I thought the most common death from that was freezing to death.

My guess...he misjudged the space he had to fit himself in on that leg from Senegal to New York. Landing gear came up with +3000 psi and balled him up like a soda can.

Yeah, and he probably froze after that as well.

The body parts, which included the right leg, part of the spine and a hip, struck a garage roof of the home in South Floral Park, New York, before landing in the backyard, police said.

Dude. There was no freezing to death. That guy bled out instantly after the gear smashed him right after take-off. You don't lose your leg, half of your ass and your spine and not bleed out. ;)

[Zannon]

My guess would be that he got smashed by the rising gear and fell as the gear doors were closing, then got stuck partially in and out of the landing gear bay. This would explain the vibration the pilot felt (drag from parts sticking out). Then what was left of him was ripped off by the wind, leaving parts in the landing gear area.

[Keer]

in that stowaway thing, how did the guy get ripped to pieces? I thought the most common death from that was freezing to death.

My guess...he misjudged the space he had to fit himself in on that leg from Senegal to New York. Landing gear came up with +3000 psi and balled him up like a soda can.

Yeah, and he probably froze after that as well.

The body parts, which included the right leg, part of the spine and a hip, struck a garage roof of the home in South Floral Park, New York, before landing in the backyard, police said.

Dude. There was no freezing to death. That guy bled out instantly after the gear smashed him right after take-off. You don't lose your leg, half of your ass and your spine and not bleed out. ;)

Dude. Where did I ever said that he "froze to death"? After the gear killed him, he could still be frozen. Just a corpse.

[X'an Shin]

My guess...he misjudged the space he had to fit himself in on that leg from Senegal to New York. Landing gear came up with +3000 psi and balled him up like a soda can.

Yeah, and he probably froze after that as well.

The body parts, which included the right leg, part of the spine and a hip, struck a garage roof of the home in South Floral Park, New York, before landing in the backyard, police said.

Dude. There was no freezing to death. That guy bled out instantly after the gear smashed him right after take-off. You don't lose your leg, half of your ass and your spine and not bleed out. ;)

Dude. Where did I ever said that he "froze to death"? After the gear killed him, he could still be frozen. Just a corpse.

I thought it was pretty clear up there (highlighted for her pleasure) that you were agreeing that he merely got crushed (not killed) by the gear and then froze to death.

But hey, it's just symantics.

[X'an Shin]

My guess would be that he got smashed by the rising gear and fell as the gear doors were closing, then got stuck partially in and out of the landing gear bay. This would explain the vibration the pilot felt (drag from parts sticking out). Then what was left of him was ripped off by the wind, leaving parts in the landing gear area.

Agreed except for the end bit. The parts fell out when the gear was deployed for landing, probably, not the wind I'd bet. Ask Skarr for specific details, but I've seen planes with their gear deploying like 10 miles away from O'Hare.

[Zannon]

My guess would be that he got smashed by the rising gear and fell as the gear doors were closing, then got stuck partially in and out of the landing gear bay. This would explain the vibration the pilot felt (drag from parts sticking out). Then what was left of him was ripped off by the wind, leaving parts in the landing gear area.

Agreed except for the end bit. The parts fell out when the gear was deployed for landing, probably, not the wind I'd bet. Ask Skarr for specific details, but I've seen planes with their gear deploying like 10 miles away from O'Hare.

No, you don't get what I was saying. His body was half in and half out when the gear went up, parts ripped off from the wind (which caused the vibration), then when they went to land and the gear came down, the rest of him that was inside the landing gear bay fell out. That would explain the falling parts and the ripped up body.

[Skorixor]

ok, my 2 cents thrown in...

the vibration would come if the gears doors weren't closed completely or if something were hanging out

the pressure on the gear in that plane has to be much more than 3000psi...my 70 seater has 3000psi to move the gear...it doesn't say what type of airliner it was, but it had to be big to go from africa to jfk

they fell out when the gear doors opened, whicdh is usually about 6 miles out from runway, but it can be earlier if the aircraft needs to slow down do to the flow ahead of him...generally I like to be at 180-200kts prior to the final apprch fix (where we put the gear down)...220kts or so if I have room and am trying to get there quicker...but at Ohare (or any other busy airport) if one assbag gets slow, and traffic is tight, everyone has to slow way down...been as slow as 150kts...and to get that slow, you'd have to drop more flaps and the gear, because your final approach speed is around 130-140kts with gear and full flaps

[X'an Shin]

My guess would be that he got smashed by the rising gear and fell as the gear doors were closing, then got stuck partially in and out of the landing gear bay. This would explain the vibration the pilot felt (drag from parts sticking out). Then what was left of him was ripped off by the wind, leaving parts in the landing gear area.

Agreed except for the end bit. The parts fell out when the gear was deployed for landing, probably, not the wind I'd bet. Ask Skarr for specific details, but I've seen planes with their gear deploying like 10 miles away from O'Hare.

No, you don't get what I was saying. His body was half in and half out when the gear went up, parts ripped off from the wind (which caused the vibration), then when they went to land and the gear came down, the rest of him that was inside the landing gear bay fell out. That would explain the falling parts and the ripped up body.

I totally understand what you're saying, but I'm saying pretty much what Skor's saying, and that's that the parts fell out (the leg and spine found on the lawn in the burbs around JFK, according to the article) when the gear came down. The article doesn't say any parts fell out anywhere else but just outside of JFK, if I'm not mistaken (haven't read it today).

I don't think any part of the guy was hanging outside of the plane when the gear went up. The gear bay of those things is HUGE (at least before the gear comes up) and if he wanted to avoid being seen by baggage claim doods and other engineers on the tarmac, he would have had to have been all the way up inside the gear bay before takeoff.

The story of the dude who tried this and made it shows where he stood and hung on during takeoff, and it's all the way up inside. But then, he didn't get squished either.

I say we do some scientific testing on this. Who's going to volunteer? ;)

[Zannon]

Agreed except for the end bit. The parts fell out when the gear was deployed for landing, probably, not the wind I'd bet. Ask Skarr for specific details, but I've seen planes with their gear deploying like 10 miles away from O'Hare.

No, you don't get what I was saying. His body was half in and half out when the gear went up, parts ripped off from the wind (which caused the vibration), then when they went to land and the gear came down, the rest of him that was inside the landing gear bay fell out. That would explain the falling parts and the ripped up body.

I totally understand what you're saying, but I'm saying pretty much what Skor's saying, and that's that the parts fell out (the leg and spine found on the lawn in the burbs around JFK, according to the article) when the gear came down. The article doesn't say any parts fell out anywhere else but just outside of JFK, if I'm not mistaken (haven't read it today).

I don't think any part of the guy was hanging outside of the plane when the gear went up. The gear bay of those things is HUGE (at least before the gear comes up) and if he wanted to avoid being seen by baggage claim doods and other engineers on the tarmac, he would have had to have been all the way up inside the gear bay before takeoff.

The story of the dude who tried this and made it shows where he stood and hung on during takeoff, and it's all the way up inside. But then, he didn't get squished either.

I say we do some scientific testing on this. Who's going to volunteer? ;)

The rest of his body had to end up somewhere.