12-28-2024, 05:00 AM
(Caution: This post may contain verbiage deemed by some to be morbid and may cause some people a little queasiness)
I had a thought about this entire situation and have a few possible theories as to what COULD have happened.
Any jet flying at 38,000ish feet - will have a temperature inside the wheel well of around 75 below zero. The jet involved, flew from Sao Paulo, Brazil to Chicago O'Hare which is a 10-to-11-hour flight. It landed at 5AM Chicago time. Temperatures on the ground in Chicago that day were just at 32 degrees.
Assuming the stowaway did indeed get into the landing gear bay in Brazil, by the time the plane got to Chicago, the body would be a frozen block. Since the temperature in Chicago was just at freezing, and assuming the actual bay doors were not opened for inspection, its theoretically possible the body was just frozen to the inside of the gear bay.
But then, another twist. Since this plane came from Sao Paulo, Brazil, it was sent to Gate M20 at the International Terminal at O'Hare. After deplaning all passengers, it was then tugged over to Gate C18 for its flight to Maui, which would/could have jostled a body loose one would think but maybe not.
But then again, this is where any security breach may have happened when the plane was being tugged over to the new gate and the stowaway got into the gear bay during transit to the new gate at O'Hare.
At any event, the plane then left for Maui at 9:31AM - just 4 hours of being on the ground at 32 degrees. After another 8 hours at 38,000ish feet and 75 below zero temperatures, by the time it got to Maui, the body would be OR still would be just frozen block.
After landing in Maui however, the temperature was around 85 degrees. It would not take long for that completely frozen block to quickly defrost to the point of someone noticing the body rather quickly.
At any event, the fact that as of this posting no definitive announcement as to what did indeed happen and who it was still has not been made, further making this whole issue quite intriguing.
I had a thought about this entire situation and have a few possible theories as to what COULD have happened.
Any jet flying at 38,000ish feet - will have a temperature inside the wheel well of around 75 below zero. The jet involved, flew from Sao Paulo, Brazil to Chicago O'Hare which is a 10-to-11-hour flight. It landed at 5AM Chicago time. Temperatures on the ground in Chicago that day were just at 32 degrees.
Assuming the stowaway did indeed get into the landing gear bay in Brazil, by the time the plane got to Chicago, the body would be a frozen block. Since the temperature in Chicago was just at freezing, and assuming the actual bay doors were not opened for inspection, its theoretically possible the body was just frozen to the inside of the gear bay.
But then, another twist. Since this plane came from Sao Paulo, Brazil, it was sent to Gate M20 at the International Terminal at O'Hare. After deplaning all passengers, it was then tugged over to Gate C18 for its flight to Maui, which would/could have jostled a body loose one would think but maybe not.
But then again, this is where any security breach may have happened when the plane was being tugged over to the new gate and the stowaway got into the gear bay during transit to the new gate at O'Hare.
At any event, the plane then left for Maui at 9:31AM - just 4 hours of being on the ground at 32 degrees. After another 8 hours at 38,000ish feet and 75 below zero temperatures, by the time it got to Maui, the body would be OR still would be just frozen block.
After landing in Maui however, the temperature was around 85 degrees. It would not take long for that completely frozen block to quickly defrost to the point of someone noticing the body rather quickly.
At any event, the fact that as of this posting no definitive announcement as to what did indeed happen and who it was still has not been made, further making this whole issue quite intriguing.
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