AFJF Posted September 26, 2007 Share Posted September 26, 2007 This story is the epitome of the word "Unreal"..I still have a hard time thinking it's true.... Boy survives two-hour flight to Moscow hanging onto plane wing 20:56 | 24/ 09/ 2007 MOSCOW, September 24 (RIA Novosti) - A 15-year-old boy from the Urals suffered acute frostbite after riding the wing of a Boeing-737 plane on a two-hour flight from Perm to Moscow, Russian radio station Mayak reported on Monday. After clinging on for the entire 1300-kilometer (808-mile) flight to Vnukovo Airport, the boy, named Andrei, collapsed onto the tarmac. His arms and legs were so severely frozen that rescuers were at first unable to remove his coat and shoes, the radio station said. The airport did not confirm the report. "We have no information on this," the Vnukovo press service told RIA Novosti. However, Moscow's air and water transport control department said the radio's claim was true. A department spokesman said the incident occurred on Friday, and that the boy's parents were immediately informed, and flew to the capital the same day. Doctors said it was nothing short of a miracle that Andrei survived the flight, with temperatures hitting minus 50 degrees Celsius (-58 Fahrenheit), the radio station said. The Boeing-737 has a cruising speed of 900 kmh (560 mph). The boy reportedly made the journey after a commonplace domestic dispute. Angry with his father, who reportedly has a drinking problem, and with his mother for siding with her husband in family rows, Andrei ran away to the neighboring village, where his grandmother lives. On reaching the village, he decided to go on, and hitched a 220-km (137-mile) ride to the regional center, Perm, where he was dropped off at the airport. It remains unclear how Andrei was able to climb on a plane wing un-noticed, and the Perm Airport security service is being asked some serious questions, the radio station said. Andrei is now being treated in a Moscow hospital, Radio Mayak said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smizzy Posted September 26, 2007 Share Posted September 26, 2007 No way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AFJF Posted September 26, 2007 Author Share Posted September 26, 2007 No way. That's what Im saying...it's being reported on a few different media outlets...I can't fathom....can't be real. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TaborJet Posted September 26, 2007 Share Posted September 26, 2007 How can you even breathe up there? 30,000+ feet up, doing 560mph? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Posted September 26, 2007 Share Posted September 26, 2007 Not a chance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joebabyny Posted September 26, 2007 Share Posted September 26, 2007 How can you even breathe up there? 30,000+ feet up, doing 560mph? Everest is at 29,000 feet, and it is possible to survive, but is extremely dangerous. Now, it takes quite some time to walk up everest, here we are talking about going from sea level to 30,000 in moments at extreme speed, he would have passed out for sure. This just is not possible. Also, the windchill of going 560 mph in -50 air would just be absurd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoFlaJets Posted September 26, 2007 Share Posted September 26, 2007 Im-friggin-possible Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panzer Division Marduk Posted September 26, 2007 Share Posted September 26, 2007 Probably climbed into the wheel well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green DNA Posted September 26, 2007 Share Posted September 26, 2007 What about the force of the wind? He would have been rag-dolled in no time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoFlaJets Posted September 27, 2007 Share Posted September 27, 2007 What about the force of the wind? He would have been rag-dolled in no time. yea just try driving on the highway standing up in the back of a pick up going 60 and try figuring how hard it would be to breathe going 10 times that-even if you had claws of steel the sheer force would have you off 200 feet up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShadowJet35 Posted September 27, 2007 Share Posted September 27, 2007 If he would've let go, he would've hit that jet engine. Damn, crazy ass story Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alk Posted September 27, 2007 Share Posted September 27, 2007 If he would've let go, he would've hit that jet engine. Damn, crazy ass story Yeah but if he could have just cleared that damn jet engine he would have had a real good chance... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thai Jet Posted September 27, 2007 Share Posted September 27, 2007 That's what Im saying...it's being reported on a few different media outlets...I can't fathom....can't be real. I'm in total agreement. No way in hell. Just way too many reasons why it's impossible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AFJF Posted September 27, 2007 Author Share Posted September 27, 2007 In addition to everything that has already been mentioned, what are the chances that at no point in the 2 hour flight that nobody would have looked out their window and seen the kid at which point they probably would have landed the plane or at least had medics on the ground waiting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green DNA Posted September 27, 2007 Share Posted September 27, 2007 In addition to everything that has already been mentioned, what are the chances that at no point in the 2 hour flight that nobody would have looked out their window and seen the kid at which point they probably would have landed the plane or at least had medics on the ground waiting. It would be like that Twilight Zone episode with the gremlin on the wing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L.I.MikeBleedsGreen Posted September 27, 2007 Share Posted September 27, 2007 It would be like that Twilight Zone episode with the gremlin on the wing.hahahaha " Thier's something on the Wing" Classic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mean Papi Green Posted September 27, 2007 Share Posted September 27, 2007 yea just try driving on the highway standing up in the back of a pick up going 60 and try figuring how hard it would be to breathe going 10 times that-even if you had claws of steel the sheer force would have you off 200 feet up reminds me of Joh Lithgow bugging out in Twilight zone with taht demon on teh wing of teh plane seriously, wtf would you do if you looked out and saw this lil funker hanging on teh wing???? I'd be ordering shots quickly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alk Posted September 27, 2007 Share Posted September 27, 2007 Dudes!! Do you remember that episode of the Twilight Zone where the monster was on the wing of the airplane? I was totally thinking about that when I read this story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mean Papi Green Posted September 27, 2007 Share Posted September 27, 2007 Dudes!! Do you remember that episode of the Twilight Zone where the monster was on the wing of the airplane? I was totally thinking about that when I read this story. recap pleez Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alk Posted September 27, 2007 Share Posted September 27, 2007 recap pleez Well see, this character played by John Lithgow. You know the guy who played the dad in Harry and the Hendersons? Anyway, he's on this plane and it's all stormy and $hit. He looks out his window and sees something on the wing but can't quite make it out. Then a bolt of lightning comes down and he can see that it's a monster. He starts yelling and the stewardess comes over but the monster is gone. Once the stewardess leaves he looks out the window again and there the monster is again only closer this time. So he repeats the yelling bit a few times and I really don't remember how it ended. It was intense yo. You should check it out some time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AFJF Posted September 27, 2007 Author Share Posted September 27, 2007 Funny that it was mentioned a couple of times in this thread because I thought the same exact thing. That episode scared the **** out of me when I was a kid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alk Posted September 27, 2007 Share Posted September 27, 2007 Funny that it was mentioned a couple of times in this thread because I thought the same exact thing. That episode scared the **** out of me when I was a kid. Whatever dude, I thought of it first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mean Papi Green Posted September 27, 2007 Share Posted September 27, 2007 Well see, this character played by John Lithgow. You know the guy who played the dad in Harry and the Hendersons? Anyway, he's on this plane and it's all stormy and $hit. He looks out his window and sees something on the wing but can't quite make it out. Then a bolt of lightning comes down and he can see that it's a monster. He starts yelling and the stewardess comes over but the monster is gone. Once the stewardess leaves he looks out the window again and there the monster is again only closer this time. So he repeats the yelling bit a few times and I really don't remember how it ended. It was intense yo. You should check it out some time. kinda reminds me of this old rap song by this lil black midget dude it went something like 'my mind is tricking me into thinking some weird crap is happening' but maybe i'm just buggin out yo it was a big hit last century the resemblence is weird Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AFJF Posted September 27, 2007 Author Share Posted September 27, 2007 Whatever dude, I thought of it first. You weren't even the first person in this thread to reference it...lol;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alk Posted September 27, 2007 Share Posted September 27, 2007 You weren't even the first person in this thread to reference it...lol;) Whatever, you're tripping. I suppose you're going to try to tell me that some schmuck named Green DNA posted it first or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green DNA Posted September 27, 2007 Share Posted September 27, 2007 Whatever dude, I thought of it first. Don't make me neg rep you, beotch! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panzer Division Marduk Posted September 27, 2007 Share Posted September 27, 2007 seriously, wtf would you do if you looked out and saw this lil funker hanging on teh wing???? Get the pilot to try and shake him off. I paid for my flight and I'm damned if I'm letting some wannabe New Soviet Man get a free flight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alk Posted September 27, 2007 Share Posted September 27, 2007 Don't make me neg rep you, beotch! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#27TheDominator Posted September 27, 2007 Share Posted September 27, 2007 You young whippersnappers! It was Shatner in "Nightmare at 20,000 feet." The movie with Lithgow was just a remake. That show was classic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alk Posted September 27, 2007 Share Posted September 27, 2007 You young whippersnappers! It was Shatner in "Nightmare at 20,000 feet." The movie with Lithgow was just a remake. That show was classic. Denny Crane Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#27TheDominator Posted September 27, 2007 Share Posted September 27, 2007 Denny Crane Don't you dare call me Denny Crane. T.J. Hooker! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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