A stowaway who is believed to have clung on to
a plane has fallen to his death, while another is
in hospital.

The two men are believed to have been clinging
to a British Airways flight from Johannesburg to
Heathrow.

The victim was found on the roof of
notonthehighstreet.com's headquarters on Kew
Road, Richmond, at about 09:35 BST on
Thursday. Police said his death was being treated
as unexplained.

The man who was injured is in a critical condition
in hospital.
The Met Police said it could not confirm if the
two cases were linked.

In a statement, the force said: "At this time there
is no evidence to link the death to the discovery
of a stowaway in the undercarriage of a plane at
Heathrow Airport; however this is one line of
enquiry into identifying the deceased and the
circumstances of his death."

'Rare case'

The surviving man, who is believed to be aged 24,
was found in the undercarriage of the plane at
about 08:20 BST and taken to a west London
hospital.

Officers believe they know his identity but are
awaiting confirmation.

The 8,000 miles (12,875km) journey from South
Africa to the UK usually takes about 11 hours.
In a statement, British Airways said: "We are
working with the Metropolitan Police and the
authorities in Johannesburg to establish the facts
surrounding this very rare case."

Notonthehighstreet.com said the incident was
"unrelated to the business or its team members
and added the company was "co-operating with
the ongoing police enquiry".

A post-mortem examination will be carried out
on the dead man, who has not yet been
identified.

Officers said enquiries are ongoing into how long
his body had been on the roof.

There have been other cases where stowaways
have fallen to their deaths in London after
smuggling themselves onto planes and hiding in
landing gear.

In September 2012, Jose Matada, 26, died after
falling from the undercarriage of a flight from
Angola to Heathrow on to a street in Mortlake,
west London.

An inquest heard he may have survived freezing
temperatures of up to minus 60C (-76F) for most
of the 12-hour flight, but it was believed he was
"dead or nearly dead" by the time he hit the
ground.

At the scene

Phillip Norton, BBC News Correspondent in
Richmond
Aircrafts are a part of daily life in this area of
London - just seven miles away from Heathrow -
jets fly over every few minutes.

But the discovery of a man's body on top of the
four-storey building close to Richmond station is
particularly shocking for the community.

If the body had landed a few metres either side, it
would have landed on a busy roundabout or near
a row of shops.

And that another man has somehow survived
such a long flight crammed into the wheel well of
an aircraft is also surprising. If the moving
mechanism of the landing gear or the cold does
not cause death - a lack of oxygen often can.
People who work and live around here say they
are shocked at such a tragic set of events. The
local vicar will offer prayers for both men in a
service at a nearby church tonight.

People's thoughts are very much with the two
men who desperately tried to find a better life,
but whose dangerous journey ended in tragedy.

www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-33196210

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